Moment of Torment: An Interpretation of Franz Kafka's Short Stories (A Chicago Classic)

By Ruth Tiefenbrun

Kafka scholars will find Ruth Tie­fenbrun's remarkably original thesis provocative and perhaps even contro­versial, but they will not be able to ignore it.It could well invalidate much previous Kafka criticism.

A student of modern literature, and trained in psychology, Ruth Tiefenbrun provides a new reading based on a unique psychological interpretation of Kafka as a homosexual whose works constitute an autobiographical confes­sion. Her book "decodes" Kafka's secret words for his condition and thus provides a rationale for hitherto unex­plained predicaments in which Kafka's major protagonists, both human and animal, find themselves.

Well researched and brilliantly ar­gued, this highly original work makes a significant contribution to modern psychological studies of literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306204
• ISBN13: 9780809306206
• Release Date: February 1973
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 4.9"