Franz Kafka

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The Poet of Shame and Guilt

Saul Friedländer

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Yale University
16 April 2013

Biography; Biography: literary; Biography: religious & spiritual; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Jewish Lives

A highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka’s life, work, legacy, and thought

Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence—in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of the sources of Kafka’s personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world.

In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka’s life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka’s dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka’s closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author’s novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka’s letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of “sainthood” frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality.

By: Saul Friedländer
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780300219722
ISBN 10: 0300219725
Series: Jewish Lives
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Saul Friedlander is a renowned historian of the Holocaust and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History and Club 39 Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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Franz Kafka

The Poet of Shame and Guilt

Saul Friedländer

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