TY  - GEN
T1  - Franz Kafka : the poet of shame and guilt
T2  - Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
A1  - Friedländer, Saul, 1932-
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn841495441
AB  - 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, editedand publishedthe 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.
OP  - 183
CN  - PT2621.A26 Z7199265 2013eb
SN  - 030019515X
SN  - 9780300195156
SN  - 1299464017
SN  - 9781299464018
SN  - 9780300136616
SN  - 0300136617
KW  - Kafka, Franz, : 1883-1924.
KW  - Kafka, Franz, : 1883-1924
KW  - Authors, Austrian : 20th century : Biography.
KW  - Jewish authors : Austria : Biography.
KW  - Écrivains autrichiens : 20e siècle : Biographies.
KW  - Écrivains juifs : Autriche : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Literary.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : German.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Religious.
KW  - Authors, Austrian
KW  - Jewish authors
KW  - Austria
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Biographies
ER  -