Max Brod's career as a writer of fiction began in 1905 with the novella "Die That" (The Action), published in the journal Die Gegenwart, and lasted until his death in 1968. Altogether, his narrative ...
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In the following foreword to Brod's novel The Redemption of Tycho Brahe, Zweig praises Brod as a poetic writer.
It would be a tempting task to draw the portraits of all those poets whose pow...
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In the following essay, Habermann discusses Brod's representations of decadence in his early fiction.
Despite a growing interest in the cultural phenomenon of decadence, the notion as a spec...
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In the following essay, Pazi examines the characteristics of the Prague Circle and suggests reasons for Brod's lack of wide critical acceptance in the United States.
The literary oeuvre of M...
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In the following essay, Pazi suggests that the novel Unambo represents a shift in Brod's approach to philosophical problems.
Again and again, in talking about the writers of the famous Pragu...
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In the following essay, Bahr examines Brod's contributions to several novelistic genres.
Brod's reputation as a prose writer was overshadowed by his fame as Kafka's friend, bio...
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In the following essay, Robertson examines Brod's and Kafka's approach to women in their novels.
The growth of women's studies has helped to open up the wider terrain of gender...
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In the following review, Wellek praises Brod's biography of Franz Kafka as a worthy addition to Kafka scholarship.
Franz Kafka's work seems at first sight almost timeless and placeles...
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In the following essay, Bergel contrasts Brod's biography of Franz Kafka with the critical analysis of Kafka's works published later by Herbert Tauber.
In 1937 Max Brod published a bi...
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In the following review, Howe describes Brod's Kafka biography as “painfully self-conscious and unsatisfactory.”
Max Brod is in an impossible position. A lifelong friend of Kaf...
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In the following review, Ong praises the first English translation of Brod's Kafka biography.
Max Brod's life of Kafka [Franz Kafka] is here presented in excellent English translation...
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In the following essay, Weltmann discusses Brod's ability to bridge differences in his writing and philosophy.
Max Brod is chiefly known in this country as the editor of Kafka's works...
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In the following review, Howarth considers Unambo to be a powerful novel more worthy of Brod's intellect than his earlier works.
The first fifty pages of Unambo almost defeat the good will w...
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In the following essay, Weltsch examines paradoxes and contrasts in Brod's fiction.
Shortly after he completed the following appreciation of his closest friend Max Brod, on the occasion of t...
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In the following review, the critic finds Der Prager Kreis to be a notable accompaniment to Brod's autobiography.
Der Prager Kreis, a volume of reminiscences and observations, is a welcome c...
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When I read a good book—any good book, but especially a biography—I can’t help but suspect that its author is a charming person: a witty raconteur with, at bottom, a good heart. I...
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When I read a good book—any good book, but especially a biography—I can’t help but suspect that its author is a charming person: a witty raconteur with, at bottom, a good heart. I...
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Max Brod
Critical Essay by Stefan Zweig
Dreary Digressions Drag Kafka Through Five Long Years
