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| Name: |
Franz Kafka | | Birth Date: |
1883 | | Death Date: |
1924 | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
novelist, short-story writer |
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 Biography of Franz Kafka
19,616 words, approx. 65 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... summary from source:
 Biography of Franz Kafka
5,563 words, approx. 19 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... summary from source:
Biography of Franz Kafka
1,679 words, approx. 6 pages
The Czech-born German novelist and short-story writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) presented the experience of man's utter isolation. In his works man finds himself in a labyrinth which he will never understand. Franz Kafka was born July 3, 1883, the eldest... 
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 Franz Kafka Quotes
5,593 words, approx. 19 pages
 Franz Kafka ( 3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924 ) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Metamorphosis (1915) 1.2 Aphorisms (1918) 1.3 The Trial (1920) 1.4...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Kafka, Franz
2,434 words, approx. 8 pages(born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria) German-language writer of visionary fiction, whose posthumously published novels—especially Der Prozess (1925;... summary from source:
 Kafka, Franz (1883–1924) Summary
1,270 words, approx. 4 pagesKafka, Franz(1883–1924) Franz Kafka, the German author, was the son of a Jewish businessman who had been a peddler in southern Bohemia. The family was German-speaking. Kafka studied law at the German University of Prague and at Munich and became... summary from source:
Kafka, Franz
172 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria) Czech writer who wrote in German. Born into a middle-class Jewish family, he earned a doctorate and then worked successfully but unhappily at... summary from source:
 Franz Kafka Information
5,816 words, approx. 19 pages
Franz Kafka (IPA: [ˈfʀanʦ ˈkafka]) (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class Jewish family based in Prague, then part of Austria-Hungary. His unique...
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 The Modern Language Review Franz Kafka.(Review)
10/01/1999: 920 words, approx. 3 pages Franz Kafka. By RONALD SPEIRS and BEATRICE SANDBERG. (Macmillan Modern Novelists) Basingstoke: Macmillan. 1997. 161 pp. 37.50 [pounds sterling] (paperbound 11.50 [pounds sterling]). This is only the second volume on a German novelist (the other is Thomas Mann) in a series comprising... summary from source:
The Washington Post The Name Is Kafka . . . Franz Kafka
06/16/2006: 947 words, approx. 3 pages "So put aside your Captain Crunch decoder ring," recommends the Central Intelligence Agency, "for the moment." This is on the Internet site of the CIA's legal department. It's part of a pitch for recruits so startlingly moronic -- even as an attempt at adorable... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Scrumptious Pastiche For the Well-Read Cook
12/3/2006: 445 words, approx. 2 pagesI ought to be writing about Thomas Pynchon. His gargantuan new novel. But I’ve lost confidence in Mr. Pynchon, who hasn’t written a good book since Gravity’s Rainbow, 33 years ago, and so I found I couldn’t force myself to read the whole of Against... summary from source:
The New York Observer Scrumptious Pastiche For the Well-Read Cook
12/3/2006: 444 words, approx. 2 pages I ought to be writing about Thomas Pynchon. His gargantuan new novel. But I’ve lost confidence in Mr. Pynchon, who hasn’t written a good book since Gravity’s Rainbow, 33 years ago, and so I found I couldn’t force myself to read the whole of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Leena Eilittä
24,099 words, approx. 80 pages
In the following essay, Eilittä explores the influence of Kierkegaard's religious-existential philosophy on Kafka's attempts through short fiction to regard the notion of identity.
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Mildred Hartsock
8,330 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Hartsock focuses on Henry James's intellectually pragmatic perception of death as a "termination " and his emotional faith in the supreme value of life.
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Evelyn Torton Beck
5,949 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Beck explores debased female sexuality and the "androcentric " point of view in Franz Kafka's fiction.
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