Kafka : the torment of man / René M. Albérès and Pierre de Boisdeffre ; with an introduction by Margaret C. O'Riley ; translated by Wade Baskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albérès, R. M. (René Marill), 1921-1982, author.

Boisdeffre, Pierre de, author.

Contributor:

Baskin, Wade, translator.

Standardized Title:

Franz Kafka. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Austrian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Austrian.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.

Kafka, Franz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Philosophical Library, [1968]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study of Kafka's tragic vision of life, his profoundly disturbing awareness of man's utter loneliness in a pitiless universe, and his artistry in effecting a strange intimate fusion between symbolism and realism-between anguished poetic narration and the terrifying reality of an absurd and ambiguous environment. The book discusses the historical setting, the literary currents, and the personal details affecting the development of Kafka's genius: his isolation in a labyrinthine universe; his sufferings, sickness and death; his influence and survival through his art. The central idea o

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Contents

Introduction by Margaret C. O'Riley

Translator's Foreword

I. Birth and Development of Genius- Kafka before Kafka (1883-1913)

II. Kafka's Torment- The Post-Naturalist Generation (1906-1913)

III. Kafka and the Prospect of Marriage (1912-1921)

IV. The Burrow of the Individual and the Labyrinth of Men

V. The Survivor- Loneliness, Creation, and the Prospect of Death- The Last Love Affair- Sickness, Death, and Survival (1921 - 1924)

VI. From Allegory to Legend- Myths and Influence of Kafka

Chronology of Important Dates

Bibliography

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4976-7595-2

OCLC:

891446569