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Franz Kafka | | Birth Date: |
1883 | | Death Date: |
1924 | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, short-story writer |
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 Biography of Franz Kafka
19616 words, approx. 65.4 pages
 Franz Kafka is one of the founders of modern literature. His claim to greatness includes his service in completely collapsing the aesthetic distance that had traditionally separated the writer from the reader. In what is probably his most famous work of... summary from source:
 Biography of Franz Kafka
17936 words, approx. 59.8 pages
Franz Kafka is one of the founders of modern literature. His claim to greatness includes his service in completely collapsing the aesthetic distance that had traditionally separated the writer from the reader. In what is probably his most famous work of... summary from source:
 Biography of Franz Kafka
5563 words, approx. 18.5 pages
One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka penned novels and short stories that portray the bewildered alienation of modern society. His characters frequently find themselves in threatening situations for which there is no...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 A Hunger Artist Information
1,099 words, approx. 4 pages
 "A Hunger Artist" (Ein Hungerkünstler), also translated as "A Fasting Artist" and "A Starvation Artist", is a short story by Franz Kafka published in Die Neue Rundschau in 1922. The protagonist is an archetypical creation of Kafka, an individual...
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 Artforum Hunger artist
07/01/2002: 1,010 words, approx. 3 pages THE COTTAGE IS UNTHATCHED, SAYS TOLLE, BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES HAD TO TEAR OFF THE ROOF OF THEIR HOUSE TO PROVE THEMSELVES DESTITUTE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR RELIEF. ON SITE VISITING FAMILY IN TIPPERARY a few years back, I was told of... summary from source:
The Village Voice The hunger artist
04/23/2002: 415 words, approx. 1 pages Brooklyn's Starving Wonder THE FASTING GIRL By Michelle Stacey Tarcher/Putnam, 336 pp., $23.95 Every cultural journalist dreams of unearthing a historical figure whose dramatic life story is a flash point for social issues of an era, and Michelle Stacey has...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Meno Spann
7,965 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following excerpt. Spann argues that the images in 'À Hunger Artist" symbolize Kafka's own personal experiences rather than abstract allegories.
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Critical Essay by Harry Steinhauer
6,945 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following excerpt, Steinhauer interprets "A Hunger Artist" as a religious allegory depicting "the tragedy . . . of ascetic idealism." This interpretation, he claims, "fits the text in every detail, naturally, without stretching the correspondence between symbol and thing symbolized, and it is the only one that does so. "
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Critical Essay by Richard W. Sheppard
5,747 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Sheppard examines the role of the narrator and its relationship to the central character of "A Hunger Artist. "
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 83%No Chance Against Society
916 words, approx. 3 pages
Within the short story, "A Hunger Artist", by Franz Kafka, the author proves and disproves a point best stated by Robin George Collinwood, that; "Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work, does what he wants to do."
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