Kafka and photography / Carolin Duttlinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duttlinger, Carolin, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography in literature.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation.

Kafka, Franz.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Franz Kafka was fascinated by photography, a medium which for him came to encapsulate both the attractions and the pitfalls of modern life. In the first detailed study of photography in Kafka's work, which includes more than 20 illustrations, Carolin Duttlinger gives close readings of the most important prose works, as well as the letters and diaries. - ;Throughout his life, Franz Kafka was fascinated by photography, a medium which for him came to encapsulate both the attractions and the pitfalls of modern life. Kafka's personal engagement with the medium - as a keen viewer and collector of ph

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Kafka and Photography: History of a Theoretical Configuration; 2. From Film to Photography: Constructing the Viewer in the Early Diaries; 3. Der Verschollene: Visions of the New World; 4. Photographic Metamorphoses: Die Verwandlung; 5. Fetishistic Exchange: Kafka's Letters to Felice Bauer; 6. Der Proceβ: The Criminological Gaze; 7. Optics of Power: 'Blumfeld', 'Ein Hungerkünstler', and Das Schloβ; Conclusion: Kafka the Photographer?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-14985-3

9786611149857

0-19-152748-3

OCLC:

476242577