Constructive Destruction: Kafka's Aphorisms: Literary Tradition and Literary Transformation

by Richard T. Gray

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The study presents a thorough investigation of Kafka's aphoristic writings, examining them in terms of the history of the aphorism in Germany, and paying special regard to Kafka's contemporary Austrian aphorists. Emphasis is placed on the role of the aphorism in the development of Kafka's literary creativity. Aphoristic discourse presented itself to Kafka as a possible manner of resolving specific conflicts in his life and art, above all the crisis...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3484180919

ISBN13:9783484180918

Release Date:December 1987

Publisher:de Gruyter

Length:314 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

History Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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