Kafka: the torment of man
by R. M. Albérès, Pierre de Boisdeffre (Joint Author.)
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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 show more universe; his sufferings, sickness and death; his influence and survival through his art. The central idea o show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Kafka: the torment of man
- Original publication date
- 1968
- People/Characters
- Franz Kafka
- Original language
- French
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 838.9 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German miscellaneous writings 1900-
- LCC
- PT2621 .A26 .Z7713 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
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