Kafka: Judaism, Politics, and Literature - Judaism, Politics and Literature

Zusatztext 'This monograph ... offers considerably more than a comprehensive analysis of Kafka's origins in "decadent" aestheticism! of the personal impulses and cultural contexts that shaped his beginnings as a dandy. An innovative study of Kafka's search for literature! cogent and elegantly argued throughout.'M. Winkler! Rice University! Choice! January 1993 Klappentext Focusing on Kafka's sense of Jewish identity and knowledge of Judaism! Robertson elucidates the subtle but profound ways in which Jewish religion and culture influenced Kafka's work. Zusammenfassung Explores the literary and historical context of Kafka's writings, and links them with his emergent sense of Jewish identity. Emphasizes Kafka's concern with contemporary society, his distrust of its secular ideals, and his desire for a new community based on religion.

Product details

• Authors: Ritchie Robertson, Ritchie (Fellow Robertson, Robertson Ritchie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.1987
• EAN: 9780198158141
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815814-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form