02935nam 2200589Ia 450 991077956570332120230803020522.01-299-46401-70-300-19515-X10.12987/9780300195156(CKB)2550000001019315(StDuBDS)AH25068337(SSID)ssj0000860264(PQKBManifestationID)11503661(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860264(PQKBWorkID)10896520(PQKB)11128161(MiAaPQ)EBC3421157(DE-B1597)486366(OCoLC)841495441(DE-B1597)9780300195156(EXLCZ)99255000000101931520120910d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFranz Kafka[electronic resource] the poet of shame and guilt /Saul FriedlanderNew Haven Yale University Press2013x, 183 pJewish livesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-13661-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Son --2. "The Dark Complexity of Judaism" --3. Love, Sex, and Fantasies --4. Night Journey --5. The Writer and His Worlds --6. An Ultimate Quest for Meaning? --Notes --Index of NamesFranz 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, edited and published the 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.Jewish lives.Authors, Austrian20th centuryBiographyJewish authorsAustriaBiographyAuthors, AustrianJewish authors833/.912BFriedlander Saul1932-412609MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779565703321Franz Kafka3737294UNINA