New York. 1991. Ticknor & Fields. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0395561434. 768 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Prague Kafka Biography. DESCRIPTION - From the cauldron of fin-de-si�cle Middle Europe emerged the writer who most startlingly embodies this century's artistic vision and whose name is virtually synonymous with the century - Franz Kafka. The definitive critical biography of one of the world's greatest writers, Franz Kafka: Representative Man examines Kafka as the quintessential expression of modernism. Not just a personal biography, Franz Kafka: Representative Man presents a vivid and authoritative picture of the historical, cultural, and artistic world from which Kafka arose, examining the entire body of his writing in light of his status as the representative man of our time. Freud, Nietzsche, Einstein, Picasso, Rilke, Mahler, and Stravinsky - all were a part of the radically subversive movement known as modernism, and all are included in Dr. Karl's monumental study. Yet of all these brilliant minds that transformed our notions of the human condition, it is Kafka who has come to embody our century. Informed by a lifetime of thought and research, and drawing on newly discovered letters - not yet translated into English - from Kafka to his parents, Frederick Karl, the acclaimed biographer of Conrad and Faulkner, leads us on an intellectual journey through the labyrinth of Prague, amid the growing ethnic tensions that would explode in the Second World War, in an empire struggling with its national identity and on the verge of collapse. Dr. Karl, with astonishing command and penetrating insight, interweaves the many strands of person, place, and time to illuminate Kafka the individual, the artist, and the representative man. This book is an invaluable contribution to literary studies and the history of modern culture. inventory #15614.

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Title: Franz Kafka-Representative Man: Prague, Germans, Jews, and the Crisis of Modernism
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395561434
ISBN 13: 9780395561430
Binding: hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Depicts the life of the distinguished Austrian author, Franz Kafka, examines his personality, and traces the development of his literary career

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