| Franz Kafka, The Jewish Patient Contributor(s): Gilman, Sander (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415913918 ISBN-13: 9780415913911 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1995 Annotation: This is a book of many firsts--the first wide-ranging study of Kafka from the standpoint of the history of the body; the first attempt to understand Kafka's writing through turn-of-the-century discourse about the Jewish body; the first attempt to write a history of the period's debates about ritual slaughter and animal rights; and the first attempt to relate nineteenth-century myths about Jewishness and illness to the treatment of Jews in the Holocaust. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94-29322 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.91" W x 8.97" (1.19 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book about Kafka that uses the writer's medical records. Gillman explores the relation of the body to cultural myths, and brings a unique and fascinating perspective to Kafka's life and writings. |