Kafka and the Yiddish theater, its impact on his work. / Evelyn Torton Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Evelyn Torton.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.

Kafka, Franz.

Theater, Yiddish.

Jewish theater.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, .248 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Manufacture:

Menasha, Wisconsin : Printed George Banta Company, Inc.

Place of Publication:

Madison ; Milwaukee ; London : The University of Wisconsin Press, [1971]

Contents:

Introduction

Kafka and the Yiddish Theater

The change in Kafka's style: "Wedding Preparations in the Country" and "A Commentary" ("Give It Up!")

Style and structure in Kafka's work before 1912

First impact of the Yiddish Theater: "The Judgment" (1912)

The dramatic in Kafka's work to 1914

The remaining work.

Notes:

"Published 1971 The University of Wisconsin Press ..."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1971".

Potok Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks.

Potok Collection copy is "First printing".

ISBN:

0299058816

OCLC:

129322