- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (6 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199219451
- ISBN-13: 978-0199219452
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,072,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Carolin Duttlinger discusses Kafka's photographs...and their origins, drawing on the writings of Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin and Siegfried Kracauer as well as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag. But the great strength of her book lies in the fact that the theory and history of photography as a key medium of modernity forms only the framework of her argument. Within this framework we see a literary critic at work who approaches her material using her own methodology: that of philology. (Lothar Müller, Süddeutsche Zeitung )
In a series of at times stunning textual and visual analyses, Carolin Duttlinger demonstrates that Kafka's writing was to a great extent inspired by a rich archive of visual material...Duttlinger's book offers a meticulous excavation of a 'little' history of photography from Kafka's writing while, at the same time, weaving the compelling and lucid narrative of a writer's visual imagination in a way that is a true pleasure to read and follow at every stage. This is an exceptional study that provides important insights into the relationship between literature and media technology and should open further avenues for reading Kafka's work in the context of media studies. (Markus Zisselsberger, The Modern Language Review )
Dutlinger's book offers a meticulous excavation of a 'little' history of photgraphy from Kafka's writing while, at the same time, weaving the compelling and lucid narrative of a writer's visual imagination in a way that is true pleasure to read and follow at every stage (MLR )
As Duttlinger convincingly demonstrates, photography is a central theme in Kafka's writings of all periods as well as a key metaphor for Kafka's literary approach...This study doubtlessly offers a vital contribution to existing research and sets new standards in Kafka scholarship, as well as providing an indispensible account of the media-historical background, context and sources which shaped Kafka's writing. (Silke Horstkotte, IASLonline )
the author admirably locates and cogently translates key texts in which Kafka turns to photography
In a series of at times stunning textual and visual analyses, Carolin Duttlinger demonstrates that Kafka's writing was to a great extent inspired by a rich archive of visual material...Duttlinger's book offers a meticulous excavation of a 'little' history of photography from Kafka's writing while, at the same time, weaving the compelling and lucid narrative of a writer's visual imagination in a way that is a true pleasure to read and follow at every stage. This is an exceptional study that provides important insights into the relationship between literature and media technology and should open further avenues for reading Kafka's work in the context of media studies. (Markus Zisselsberger, The Modern Language Review )
Dutlinger's book offers a meticulous excavation of a 'little' history of photgraphy from Kafka's writing while, at the same time, weaving the compelling and lucid narrative of a writer's visual imagination in a way that is true pleasure to read and follow at every stage (MLR )
As Duttlinger convincingly demonstrates, photography is a central theme in Kafka's writings of all periods as well as a key metaphor for Kafka's literary approach...This study doubtlessly offers a vital contribution to existing research and sets new standards in Kafka scholarship, as well as providing an indispensible account of the media-historical background, context and sources which shaped Kafka's writing. (Silke Horstkotte, IASLonline )
the author admirably locates and cogently translates key texts in which Kafka turns to photography
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Throughout his life, Franz Kafka was fascinated by photography, a medium which for him came to encapsulate both the attractions and the pitfalls of modern life. Kafka's personal engagement with the medium - as a keen viewer and collector of photographs as well as an amateur photographer - is reflected in his writings, which explore photography from a variety of different perspectives By far the most frequently and extensively discussed visual medium in Kafka's texts, photography is paradigmatic of his relationship to visuality more generally. This study not only explores photography's recurrence as a theme within his texts but it is also the first to take systematic account of Kafka's use of photographs as literary source material. Kafka and Photography presents one of the most important modern writers from an entirely new perspective; it sheds new light on familiar works and uncovers unexplored aspects of Kafka's engagement with his time and context. Providing a chronological account of key prose works, as well as the personal writings, this study is accessible to students and lay readers. It will be of interest not only to literary scholars but also to those working in photography, media, and cultural studies. Its detailed textual analyses are set against a richly documented historical context which illustrates Kafka's interest in contemporary culture through a range of visual material taken from public as well as private sources - some of which has only recently become available. As this book demonstrates, photography had a profound impact on Kafka's literary imagination and as such helps to explain the mesmerizing intensity of enigmatic visual detail which is a hallmark of his narratives.
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The fascination that images create is something of a mind creating experience. The facts of the Kafka life and the use of images in the initial stages of the scenes we have today in the system experience is a product of the scope of this era of Kafka. You may or may not like Kafka but you can't understate the importance of how symbols in the world of images in the time of his youth and adult life could have been hallowed references in the initial stages of snapshots of a special time to create the all-encompassing story line his life was about and the story of today that is sometimes a long balance sheet of a simple group of images that were only a fragment of time and yet, those simple images, draw nations together and people to hearts and hopes and dreams that only a dream once had. A new dimension is implied when Kafka gets the photo of his day. I am impressed with Carolin Duttlinger in a very academic treatise of his few photos and where they occurred.
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Rather expensive for a paperless, Kindle edition
13 Nov 2010
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I am a huge fan of Kindle, I read on my iPad (Kindle is iPad compatible). No trees involved, no need for a lamp so you don't disturb anyone at night, books get stored into the machine, you can go everywhere with your preferred library in your bag, if you're here you know what I mean.
But in this book's particular case, asking $77.90 for a paperless, coverless edition is outrageous, one would say "kafkaesque" .
But in this book's particular case, asking $77.90 for a paperless, coverless edition is outrageous, one would say "kafkaesque" .
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