Kafka's Social Discourse: An Aesthetic Search for Community

by Mark E. Blum

Book Overview

Franz Kafka is among the most significant 20th century voices to examine the absurdity and terror posed for the individual by what his contemporary Max Weber termed "the iron cage" of society. In this book, Mark E. Blum examines Kafka's three novels, Amerika, The Trial, and The Castle, in their exploration of how community is formed or eroded in the interpersonal relations of its protagonists. Critical literature has recognized Kafka's ability to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611461464
• ISBN13: 9781611461466
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"