Kafka, Zionism, and beyond / edited by Mark H. Gelber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelber, Mark H., 1951- editor.

Series:

Conditio Judaica ; 50.

Conditio Judaica, 0941-5866 ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionism and literature--Congresses.

Zionism and literature.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Knowledge--Zionism--Congresses.

Kafka, Franz.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Max Niemeyer, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dieser Band enthält die Vorträge, die auf einer internationalen Konferenz in Israel abgehalten wurden und dem Thema Franz Kafka (1883-1924) und Zionismus gewidmet waren. Kafkas Interesse an hebräischem, jiddischem und jüdischem Nationalismus sowie seine verschiedenen Beziehungen zu seinen zionistischen Freunden und seine Beteiligung an jüdisch-nationalen und zionismusnahen Aktivitäten werden aus unterschiedlichen kritischen Blickwinkel erforscht. Ebenso werden seine Schriften in dem spezifischen Rahmen des jüdischen Nationalismus und Zionismus betrachtet.

This volume contains the lectures delivered at an international conference in Israel devoted to the topic of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and Zionism. Kafka's interests in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Jewish Nationalism and his various relationships to his Zionist friends and his participation in Jewish national and Zionist-related activity are explored from a number of different critical vantage points. Likewise, his writings are considered within the specific framework of Jewish nationalism and Zionism.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

»any reality, however small.« Prague Zionisms between the Nations / Spector, Scott

»The Entrance to the More Important.« Kafka's Personal Zionism / Bokhove, Niels

»Der letzte Zipfel.« Kafka's State of Mind and the Making of the Jewish State / Eyl, Hans-Richard

Anti-Ödipus im Land der Ur-Väter: Franz Kafka und Anton Kuh / Kilcher, Andreas Β.

Nachbarn, Feinde und andere Gemeinschaften / Liska, Vivian

Jewish Education: Borderline and Counterdiscourses in Kafka / Bruce, Iris

Kafka's Gnostic Existentialism and Modern Jewish Revival / Moked, Gabriel

Metamorphosis as Messianic Myth. Dream and Reality in the Writings of Franz Kafka / Goodman-Thau, Eveline

Kafka, the »Ostjuden«, and the Inscription of Identity / Bechtel, Delphine

Uncovering the Father: Kafka, Judaism, and Homoeroticism / Brenner, David A.

»Ende oder Anfang?« Kafka und der Judenstaat / Wagner, Benno

Kafka and Agnon: Their Relationship to Judaism and Zionism / Shaked, Gershon

A Sign of Sickness and a Symbol of Health: Kafka's Hebrew Notebooks / Bodenheimer, Alfred

The Image of Kafka in Max Βrod's Zauberreich der Liebe and its Zionist Implications / Gelber, Mark H.

The Creative Dialogue between Brod and Kafka / Robertson, Ritchie

The Look Back: Lot's Wife, Kafka, Blanchot / Sandbank, Shimon

Virtual Zion: The Promised Lands of the Kafka Critical Editions / Anderson, Mark M.

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Revisions of papers presented at a conference, held in Jerusalem and in Beer Sheva.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110934199

3110934191

OCLC:

922950672