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This article considers the influence of Theodor Adorno's cultural and philosophical ideas on the concept of creativity of a fictional composer Adrian Leverkühn, presented in the novel “Doctor Faustus” by Thomas Mann. Based on the comparative analysis of the text of the novel “Doctor Faustus” and Adorno’s philosophical treatise “Philosophy of New Music”, as well as the reference to the history of the creation of the novel reflected in Th.Mann's diaries, in the author's commentary on the novel “Die Entstehung des Do...