02628nam 2200625 450 991046116070332120200520144314.01-61146-009-3(CKB)3710000000471201(EBL)4086657(SSID)ssj0001544596(PQKBManifestationID)16135284(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544596(PQKBWorkID)12067847(PQKB)10306899(MiAaPQ)EBC4086657(Au-PeEL)EBL4086657(CaPaEBR)ebr11125357(CaONFJC)MIL827579(OCoLC)936857272(EXLCZ)99371000000047120120160104h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKafka's social discourse an aesthetic search for community /Mark E. BlumBethlehem, [Pennsylvania] :Lehigh University Press,2011.©20111 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61146-146-4 1-61146-008-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Notes; Bibliography; IndexFranz Kafka is among the most significant 20th century voices to examine the absurdity and terror posed for the individual by what his contemporary Max Weber termed 'the iron cage' of society. In this book, Mark E. Blum examines Kafka's three novels, Amerika, The Trial, and The Castle in their exploration of how community is formed or eroded in the interpersonal relations of its protagonists. Critical literature has recognized Kafka's ability to narrate the gestural moment of alienation or communion. This 'social discourse' was augmented, however, by a dimension virtually no commentator has reInterpersonal relations in literatureCommunities in literatureSocial problems in literatureLiterature and societyGermanyHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Interpersonal relations in literature.Communities in literature.Social problems in literature.Literature and societyHistory833/.912Blum Mark E.914356MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461160703321Kafka's social discourse2048516UNINA