| Description |
1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Contents |
Kafka's social discourse as an aesthetic search for community -- Social discourse and the actualization of the good -- Amerika as an anatomy of social discourse -- The trial as the social discourse of self in a community of others -- The castle and the social discourse of community -- The castle as a pastoral narrative: the good, the beautiful,and the human community |
| Summary |
Franz Kafka is among the most significant 20th century voices to examine the absurdity and terror posed for the individual by what his contemporary Max Weber termed 'the iron cage' of society. In this book, Mark E. Blum examines Kafka's three novels, Amerika, The Trial, and The Castle in their exploration of how community is formed or eroded in the interpersonal relations of its protagonists. Critical literature has recognized Kafka's ability to narrate the gestural moment of alienation or communion. This 'social discourse' was augmented, however, by a dimension virtually no commentator has re |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Political and social views
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Amerika.
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Prozess.
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Schloss.
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast |
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Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 Das Schloss gnd |
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Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 Der Prozess gnd |
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Kafka, Franz 1883-1924 Der Verschollene gnd |
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Kafka, Franz. Verschollene. idszbz |
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Kafka, Franz. Schloss. idszbz |
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Kafka, Franz. Prozess. idszbz |
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Amerika (Kafka, Franz) fast |
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Prozess (Kafka, Franz) fast |
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Schloss (Kafka, Franz) fast |
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Interpersonal relations in literature.
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Communities in literature.
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Social problems in literature.
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Literature and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Communities in literature
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Interpersonal relations in literature
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Literature and society
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Political and social views
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Social problems in literature
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Gemeinschaft Motiv
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Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung Motiv
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Motiv.
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Gemeinschaft.
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Germany
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020741292 |
| ISBN |
9781611460094 |
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1611460093 |
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