Screen LibraryKafka, zionism, and beyond /
This volume contains the lectures delivered at an international conference in Israel devoted to the topic of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and Zionism. Kafka's interests in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Jewish Nationalism and his various relationships to his Zionist friends and his participation in Jewish nat...
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Max Niemeyer Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Tübingen : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2004 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Conditio judaica ;
volume 50 |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
This volume contains the lectures delivered at an international conference in Israel devoted to the topic of Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and Zionism. Kafka's interests in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Jewish Nationalism and his various relationships to his Zionist friends and his participation in Jewish national and Zionist-related activity are explored from a number of different critical vantage points. Likewise, his writings are considered within the specific framework of Jewish nationalism and Zionism. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource (vi, 328 pages). Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110934199 |
| Index Number: | PT2621 |
| CLC: | I521.074-532 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- any reality, however small. Prague Zionisms between the Nations / The Entrance to the More Important. Kafka s Personal Zionism / Der letzte Zipfel. Kafka s State of Mind and the Making of the Jewish State / Anti dipus im Land der Ur V ter: Franz Kafka und Anton Kuh / Nachbarn, Feinde und andere Gemeinschaften / Jewish Education: Borderline and Counterdiscourses in Kafka / Kafka s Gnostic Existentialism and Modern Jewish Revival / Metamorphosis as Messianic Myth. Dream and Reality in the Writings of Franz Kafka / Kafka, the Ostjuden , and the Inscription of Identity / Uncovering the Father: Kafka, Judaism, and Homoeroticism / Ende oder Anfang? Kafka und der Judenstaat / Kafka and Agnon: Their Relationship to Judaism and Zionism / A Sign of Sickness and a Symbol of Health: Kafka's Hebrew Notebooks / The Image of Kafka in Max rod s Zauberreich der Liebe and its Zionist Implications / The Creative Dialogue between Brod and Kafka / The Look Back: Lot s Wife, Kafka, Blanchot / Virtual Zion: The Promised Lands of the Kafka Critical Editions / List of Contributors -- Index. |