Stanley Corngold Livres

„Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt. Er lag auf seinem panzerartig harten Rücken und sah, wenn er den Kopf ein wenig hob, seinen gewölbten, braunen, von bogenförmigen Versteifungen geteilten Bauch, auf dessen Höhe sich die Bettdecke, zum gänzlichen Niedergleiten bereit, kaum noch erhalten konnte. Seine vielen, im Vergleich zu seinem sonstigen Umfang kläglich dünnen Beine flimmerten ihm hilflos vor den Augen.“ In diese Ausgabe der berühmten Kafka-Erzählung wurde auch die Rückverwandlung des Gregor Samsa, die im Prager Tagblatt erschienene Fortsetzung der Erzählung aus der Feder des früh an Kehlkopftuberkulose verstorbenen Karl Brand (1895–1917), eines Bekannten Kafkas, mitabgedruckt.

Between 1938 and 1941, Princeton became a hub for a remarkable group of émigré intellectuals, notably including Thomas Mann, Hermann Broch, Albert Einstein, and Eric Kahler, a lesser-known yet influential professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. This narrative explores their collaborative artistic, political, and intellectual endeavors during Mann's tenure as a Professor of Humanities. Frequently gathering at Kahler's or Mann's home, this collective was dubbed the "Kahler-Circle" by young poet Charles Greenleaf Bell. During this period, Mann completed his "Goethe-novel" Lotte in Weimar, crafted the surrealistic novella The Transposed Heads, and continued his epic tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers, sharing drafts with Kahler and Broch. Kahler provided critical feedback on Mann's fiction while discussing his own political essays. Although Einstein shared political views with Mann, he preferred the company of Kahler and Broch, whom he supported financially. Kahler was writing his notable work, Man the Measure, for which Einstein contributed a foreword. Corngold aims to illuminate the intertwined lives and thoughts of these four thinkers during a politically and culturally tumultuous time, utilizing rich sources like Mann's diaries and correspondence among the group, filling a gap in the understanding of their vibrant intellectual life.

For use in schools and libraries only. Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early 20th-century work.