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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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
2016.
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ;
Volume 21. |
| 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 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110458114 311045811X 9783110457438 3110457431 9783110458121 3110458128 9783110608311 3110608316 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |