Background
Beck, Evelyn Torton was born on January 18, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in United States, 1940. Daughter of Max Moses and Irma (Lichtman) Torton.
(Franz Kafka's sudden emergence as a mature writer, after ...)
Franz Kafka's sudden emergence as a mature writer, after years of artistic failure, came with the 1912 publication of 'The Judgment.' Here he displayed for the first time the strong dramatic style characteristic of his most familiar works. Until now, this stylistic change had not been satisfactorily explained. Evelyn Torton Beck, in this engrossing comparative study, demonstrates it to be in large measure Kafka's intense involvement with the Yiddish theater.
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literature and women"s studies educator
Beck, Evelyn Torton was born on January 18, 1933 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in United States, 1940. Daughter of Max Moses and Irma (Lichtman) Torton.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1954. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1969.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1954. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1969.
Visiting lecturer U. Maryland., College Park, 1971-1972.
Assistant professor of University Wisconsin, Madison, 1972-1976, associate professor comparative literature, German and women"s studies, 1976-1983, professor, since 1983. Jane Watson Irwin professor comparative literature Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1982-1983.
Member editorial board Monatshefte, since 1978.
(Franz Kafka's sudden emergence as a mature writer, after ...)
Member editorial board Monatshefte, since 1978. Member Di Vilde Chayes, since 1981. Member Modern Language Association (commission on status of women), National Women"s Studies Association, Women in German Association, Midwest Modern Language Association (president 1981-1982).
Married Anatole Beck, April 10, 1954 (divorced). Children: Nina Rachel, Micah Daniel.