God, Emperor, and the "Disadvantages of Such Great Empires": An Essay on Franz Kafka
This essay re-examines Kafka's reactions to the theme of the death of God. While focusing primarily on The Great Wall of China, it also compares this story to several other texts by Kafka, The Castle in particular. Moreover, it takes into account earlier commentaries, chiefly by Robert Alter, W...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Notre Dame
2019
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Religion & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kafka, Franz 1883-1924, Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer
/ God
/ Emperor
/ Kafka, Franz 1883-1924, Das Schloss
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBB German language area NBC Doctrine of God |
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PROOF of God
B KAFKA, Franz, 1883-1924 B Death of God B Skepticism B RELIGIOUSNESS in literature |
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