1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001454739707536

Autore

Lundell, Albert T.

Titolo

The topology of CW complexes / Albert T. Lundell and Stephen Weingram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1969

Descrizione fisica

viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Collana

The University series in higher mathematics

Classificazione

AMS 57Q12

Altri autori (Persone)

Weingram, Stephenauthor

Disciplina

513.83

Soggetti

CW complexes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p. 211-213



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787175803321

Autore

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

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Philosophical Library, , [1968]

©1968

ISBN

1-4976-7595-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Disciplina

838/.9/1209

Soggetti

Authors, Austrian - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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