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100	1		_aFriedländer, Saul, _d1932-
245	1	0	_aFranz Kafka : _bthe poet of shame and guilt / _cSaul Friedländer.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _cc2013.
300			_ax, 183 p. ; _c22 cm.
490	1		_aJewish lives.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Part I. "Prague doesn't let go ..." -- The son -- "The dark complexity of Judaism" -- Love, sex, and fantasies -- Part II. "The reward for serving the devil" -- Night journey -- The writer and his worlds -- An ultimate quest for meaning?.
520			_aLooks 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.
520			_a"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 of the sources of Kafka's personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world. In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka's life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka's dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka's closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author's novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka's letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of "sainthood" frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality." -- Publisher's description.
600	1	0	_aKafka, Franz, _d1883-1924.
650		0	_aAuthors, Austrian _y20th century _vBiography.
650		0	_aJewish authors _zAustria _vBiography.
830		0	_aJewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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