The Myth of Power and the Self

Walter H. Sokel

ISBN 10: 0814326080 / ISBN 13: 9780814326084

Verlag: Wayne State University Press, 2002

This collection of essays on Kafka seeks to place his writings in a very large cultural context by fusing Freudian and expressionist perspectives and incorporating more theoretical approaches, linguistic theory, Gnosticism, and aspects of Derrida, into its synthesis. Series: Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610. . 2001. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780814326084

Inhaltsangabe:

The Myth of Power and the Self brings together Walter Sokel's most significant essays on Kafka written over a period of thirty-one years, 1966-1997.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Walter H. Sokel is Commonwealth Emeritus Professor of German and English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Writer in Extremis: Expressionism in Twentieth-Century German Literature (Stanford University Press, 1959), Franz Kafka: Tragik und Ironie (Langen-Muller, 1964), Franz Kafka: Columbia Essays on Modern Writers (Columbia University Press, 1966), and Prelude to the Absurd: An Anthology of German Expressionist Drama (Doubleday/Anchor Books, 1963).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Myth of Power and the Self
Verlag: Wayne State University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New