Franz Kafka [electronic resource] : the poet of shame and guilt / Saul Friedlander.
2013
PT2621.A26 Z7199265 2013eb
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Franz Kafka [electronic resource] : the poet of shame and guilt / Saul Friedlander.
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ISBN
9780300195156 (electronic book)
9780300136616
0300136617
9780300136616
0300136617
Publication Details
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 183 p.)
Call Number
PT2621.A26 Z7199265 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
833/.912 B
Summary
Looks at such major aspects of the author's life as family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair, and argues that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to him.
"Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence -- in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of the sources of Kafka's personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world. In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka's life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka's dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka's closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author's novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality." -- Publisher's description.
"Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence -- in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of the sources of Kafka's personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world. In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka's life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka's dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka's closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author's novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality." -- Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Pt. I. "Prague doesn't let go ..."
The son
"The dark complexity of Judaism"
Love, sex, and fantasies
Pt. II. "The reward for serving the devil"
Night journey
The writer and his worlds
An ultimate quest for meaning?
Pt. I. "Prague doesn't let go ..."
The son
"The dark complexity of Judaism"
Love, sex, and fantasies
Pt. II. "The reward for serving the devil"
Night journey
The writer and his worlds
An ultimate quest for meaning?