Franz Kafka : the poet of shame and guilt /
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 Ka...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2013.
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| Series: | Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Summary: | 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, editedand publishedthe 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 183 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 030019515X 9780300195156 1299464017 9781299464018 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |