Letter to His Father
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Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical letter
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literary work ⓘ |
| addressesTo | Hermann Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
attempts to explain Kafka's emotional distance
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criticisms of Hermann Kafka's behavior ⓘ detailed recollections of childhood experiences ⓘ reflections on Kafka's sense of inferiority ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1919 ⓘ |
| documentType | personal correspondence ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| form | unsent letter ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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epistolary literature ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Carta al padre (Spanish translation)
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Letter to His Father (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lettera al padre (Italian translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lettre au père (French translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
biographical studies of Franz Kafka
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psychoanalytic readings of Kafka's work ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important source for interpreting Kafka's fiction
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key document for understanding Franz Kafka's life ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Franz Kafka's relationship with his father
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Hermann Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Brief an den Vater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | true ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Schocken Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Judgment
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The Metamorphosis NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish middle-class life in Prague
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authority and domination ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ father–son conflict ⓘ fear and anxiety ⓘ guilt and shame ⓘ power imbalance ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ self-analysis ⓘ |
| tone |
accusatory
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analytical ⓘ confessional ⓘ |
| wordCountApproximate | about 45 pages in length ⓘ |
| writtenIn | 1919 ⓘ |
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