The Animal in the Synagogue Franz Kafka's Jewishness |
|
| Author:
| Miron, Dan |
| Series title: | Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4985-9515-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2021 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
|
This book argues that both Franz Kafka's personality and his literary activity were perceived by himself as exemplifying the modern Jewish predicament of aspiring to modernity while being tied to a past-civilization, thus finding oneself struggling in a vacuum.
This book argues that both Franz Kafka's personality and his literary activity were perceived by himself as exemplifying the modern Jewish predicament of aspiring to modernity while being tied to a past-civilization, thus finding oneself struggling in a vacuum.