franz kafka representative man prague de karl frederick (10 résultats)

Etat : Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Original publisher's black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 8vo: map on endpapers, frontispiece portrait, xxij, 810pp., photographs, acknowledgements, epilogue, chapternotes & references, index. Very fine copy.

hardcover. Etat : Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrateur). 1st. 8vo, 810 pp., Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Printing.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. B/w (illustrateur). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 810 clean, unmarked pages/index; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; maps on end papers.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : very good +. First printing. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches. xix, 810 pages. Condition of the book is Near Fine, looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good+, very light surface wear. STK.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (40.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Endpaper maps. From the Dust Jacket: "The definitive critical biography of one of the world's greatest writers, FRANZ KAFKA, REPRESENTATIVE MAN examines Kafka as the quintessential expression of modernism. Not just a personal biography, FRANZ KAFKA, REPRESENTATIVE MAN presents a vivid and authoritative picture of the historical, cultural, and artistic world from which Kafka arose, examining the entire body of his writing in light of his status as the representative man of our time." List of chapter notes/sources. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xix, 810pp + 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good in Dustjacket. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1991. Ticknor & Fields. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0395561434. 768 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Czech Literature Prague Kafka Biography. DESCRIPTION - From the cauldron of fin-de-siècle Middle Europe emerged the writer who most startlingly embodies this century's artistic vision and whose name is virtually synonymous with the century - Franz Kafka. The definitive critical biography of one of the world's greatest writers, Franz Kafka: Representative Man examines Kafka as the quintessential expression of modernism. Not just a personal biography, Franz Kafka: Representative Man presents a vivid and authoritative picture of the historical, cultural, and artistic world from which Kafka arose, examining the entire body of his writing in light of his status as the representative man of our time. Freud, Nietzsche, Einstein, Picasso, Rilke, Mahler, and Stravinsky - all were a part of the radically subversive movement known as modernism, and all are included in Dr. Karl's monumental study. Yet of all these brilliant minds that transformed our notions of the human condition, it is Kafka who has come to embody our century. Informed by a lifetime of thought and research, and drawing on newly discovered letters - not yet translated into English - from Kafka to his parents, Frederick Karl, the acclaimed biographer of Conrad and Faulkner, leads us on an intellectual journey through the labyrinth of Prague, amid the growing ethnic tensions that would explode in the Second World War, in an empire struggling with its national identity and on the verge of collapse. Dr. Karl, with astonishing command and penetrating insight, interweaves the many strands of person, place, and time to illuminate Kafka the individual, the artist, and the representative man. This book is an invaluable contribution to literary studies and the history of modern culture. inventory #15614.

Etat : Very Good. Location:847 808 pp. 847.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Printed in the U.S.A. Date on the title page. First Printing. Note that the subtitle appears on the dustjacket cover only. Frontispiece, Acknowledgments, Preface, Introduction, Epilogue, Notes, Index; xix, 810 pages. A separate section of black-and-white illustrations [16 pages, unpaginated]; colored maps as endpapers. The black boards are in fine shape, with gilt lettering on the black cloth spine as bright as if just issued. The interior is fresh, crisp, and completely clean; indeed, I am convinced my father must have had a second copy, for this one seems unread. The original pictorial dustjacket is unclipped ($40.00), showing hardly any wear. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] "Kafka is our poet of ordinary madness. He enters into the seams between the conscious and the unconscious; a cubist, a surrealist, an expressionist, a turning and twisting realist. § Kafka knew that individual free will, the bedrock of an egalitarian society, was an illusion we profoundly protect to preserve our sanity; just beyond, however, is uncertainty. . . ."---from the Preface. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. Please note that, due to COVID, overseas shipping may incur unusual delays.