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On the night of September 22, 1912, Franz Kafka wrote his story "The Judgment," which came out of him "like a regular birth." This act of creation struck him as an unmistakable sign of his literary destiny. Thereafter, the search of many of his characters for the Law, for a home,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Corngold, Stanley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
German literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Litterature allemande.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:On the night of September 22, 1912, Franz Kafka wrote his story "The Judgment," which came out of him "like a regular birth." This act of creation struck him as an unmistakable sign of his literary destiny. Thereafter, the search of many of his characters for the Law, for a home, for artistic fulfillment can be understood as a figure for Kafka's own search to reproduce the ecstasy of a single night. In Lambent Traces: Franz Kafka, the preeminent American critic and translator of Franz Kafka traces the implications of Kafka's literary breakthrough. Kafka's first concern was not his responsibili.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400826131

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