Kafka and the universal
"Kafka has been widely praised for his rendering of a universal human condition. Yet his work is also considered to have given voice to the singularity of experience. This paradox in the reception of Kafka engenders questions concerning the interplay between philosophy and literature, especiall...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
De Gruyter
2016, 2016
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary German cultural studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Kafka has been widely praised for his rendering of a universal human condition. Yet his work is also considered to have given voice to the singularity of experience. This paradox in the reception of Kafka engenders questions concerning the interplay between philosophy and literature, especially pertaining to the meaning of the universal and its transformation, which the contributions of this volume address from a variety of perspectives."-- |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of two international conferences (one on "Kafka and His Readers", held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2012, the other on "Kafka and the Paradox of the Universal", organized at the University of Antwerp in 2013) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783110455328 3110455323 9783110608311 3110608316 |