Kafka's Jewish Languages
After Franz Kafka died in 1924, his novels and short stories were published in ways that downplayed both their author''s roots in Prague and his engagement with Jewish tradition and language, so as to secure their place in the German literary canon. Now, nearly a century after Kafka began to create his fictions, Germany, Israel, and the Czech Republic lay claim to his legacy. Kafka''s Jewish Langu...
After Franz Kafka died in 1924, his novels and short stories were published in ways that downplayed both their author''s roots in Prague and his engagement with Jewish tradition and language, so as to secure their place in the German literary canon. Now, nearly a century after Kafka began to create his fictions, Germany, Israel, and the Czech Republic lay claim to his legacy. Kafka''s Jewish Langu...
