Series from CIP. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Film adaptations / Dora Osborne. 35. Life and Work. 1. Family / Anthony Northey ; 2. Friendship / Claudia Nitschke ; 3. Women / Elizabeth Boa ; 4. Work / Benno Wagner ; 5. Health and illness / Johannes Turk ; 6. Writing / Manfred Engel ; 7. Style / Ritchie Robertson -- Part II. Art and Literature. 8. Literary modernism / Judith Ryan ; 9. Kafka's reading / Ritchie Robertson ; 10. Gesture / Lucia Ruprecht ; 11. Performance and recitation / Lothar Mùˆller ; 12. Film / Silke Horstkotte ; 13. Photography / J.J. Long ; 14. Music / Thomas Martinec ; 15. Architecture / Roger Thiel -- Part III. Politics, Culture, History. 16. Prague : history and culture / Marek Nekula ; 17. Czech language and literature / Peter Zusi ; 18. The First World War / Mark Cornwall ; 19. Travel, colonialism and exoticism / Matthias Zach ; 20. Law / Theodore Ziolkowski ; 21. Philosophy / Ben Morgan ; 22. Religion / Daniel Weidner ; 23. Judaism and Zionism / Katja Garloff ; 24. Psychology and psychoanalysis / Carolin Duttlinger ; 25. Gender and sexuality / Mark M. Anderson ; 26. The city / Andrew J. Webber ; 27. Childhood, pedagogy and education / Katharina Laszlo ; 28. Ethnography and anthropology / Nicola Gess -- Part IV. Reception and Influence. 29. Early critical reception / Ruth V. Gross ; 30. Critical theory / Anthony Phelan ; 31. Deconstruction / Stanley Corngold ; 32. Reading Kafka / Emily T. Troscianko ; 33. Editions / Clayton Koelb ; 34. Translation / Mark Harman ; 35. Film adaptations / Dora Osborne.
Summary:
"Franz Kafka (1883-1924) lived through one of the most turbulent periods in modern history, witnessing a world war, the dissolution of an empire and the foundation of a new nation state. But the early twentieth century was also a time of social progress and aesthetic experimentation. Kafka's novels and short stories reflect their author's keen but critical engagement with the big questions of his time, and yet often Kafka is still cast as a solitary figure with little or no connection to his age. Kafka in Context aims to redress this perception. In thirty-five short, accessible essays, leading international scholars explore Kafka's personal and working life, his reception of art and culture, his engagement with political and social issues, and his ongoing reception and influence. Together they offer a nuanced and historically grounded image of a writer whose work continues to fascinate readers from all backgrounds"-- Provided by publisher.
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