Includes responses and Nachwort by Borutin.
Pp. 121-170 discuss the relevance of Theodor Lessing's characterization of the eminent Austrian writer and journalist Karl Kraus (1874-1936) as a self-hating Jew. Born to a family of wealthy industrialists, Kraus remained uncompromisingly committed to Jewish assimilation and opp…
Looks at such major aspects of the author's life as family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair, and argues that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to him Franz Kafka was the poet o…
Franz Kafka: the poet of shame and guilt
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Looks at such major aspects of the author's life as family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair, and argues that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to him. "Franz Kafka was the poet…
Franz 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…
This volume is comprised of 14 contributions, which are revised and expanded versions of lectures held at an international conference on Stefan Zweig that took place in Israel in 2004. The essays focus on Zweig's biographical writings (for example Erasmus and Fouché), as well as…
