Kafka's clothes : ornament and aestheticism in the Hasburg fin de siècle /
This study explores Kafka's early dandyism, his interest in fashion, literary decadence and the "superficial" spectacle of modern urban life as well as his subsequent repudiation of these phenomena in forging a literary identity as the isolated, otherworldly "poet" of modern...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This study explores Kafka's early dandyism, his interest in fashion, literary decadence and the "superficial" spectacle of modern urban life as well as his subsequent repudiation of these phenomena in forging a literary identity as the isolated, otherworldly "poet" of modern alienation. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 1992. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (231 pages,14 unnumbered pages of plates): illustrations (black and white). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages221-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781383006131 138300613X |