In 1916, Kafka writes of The Sugar Baron, a dime-store colonial adventure novel, ' it] affects me so deeply that I feel it is about myself, or as if it were the book of rules for my life.' John Zilcosky reveals that this perhaps surprising statement - made by the Prague-bound poet of modern isolation - is part of a network of remarks that exemplify Kafka's ongoing preoccupation with popular travel writing, exoticism, and colonial fantasy. Taking this biographical peculiarity as a starting point, Kafka's Travels elegantly re-reads Kafka's major works ( Amerika, The Trial, The Castle ) through...
In 1916, Kafka writes of The Sugar Baron, a dime-store colonial adventure novel, ' it] affects me so deeply that I feel it is about myself, or as if i...
In 1916, Kafka writes of The Sugar Baron, a dime-store colonial adventure novel, ' it] affects me so deeply that I feel it is about myself, or as if it were the book of rules for my life.' John Zilcosky reveals that this perhaps surprising statement - made by the Prague-bound poet of modern isolation - is part of a network of remarks that exemplify Kafka's ongoing preoccupation with popular travel writing, exoticism, and colonial fantasy. Taking this biographical peculiarity as a starting point, Kafka's Travels elegantly re-reads Kafka's major works ( Amerika, The Trial, The Castle ) through...
In 1916, Kafka writes of The Sugar Baron, a dime-store colonial adventure novel, ' it] affects me so deeply that I feel it is about myself, or as if i...
