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The metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka / editor, James Whitlark, Texas Tech University

Published
Pasadena, California : Salem Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 382 pages).
Additional Creators
Whitlark, James, 1948- and Gale (Firm)
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Contents
On The metamorphosis : a neo-anthropological approach to its conflicts / James Whitlark -- Biography of Franz Kafka / Ritchie Robertson -- The Paris review perspective / Ian MacDougall for The Paris review -- Kafka's metamorphoses : texts and textualities / Patrick J. O'Neill -- The cultural and historical context of Kafka's Metamorphosis : anti-Semitism, zionism, and the Yiddish plays / Iris Bruce -- Rushdie's homage to Kafka : metamorphoses in The satanic verses and Shame / Marjorie E. Rhine -- A selective survey of the reception of The metamorphosis / Simon Ryan -- Reading for constructions of the unspeakable in Kafka's Metamorphosis / Margaret Sönser Breen -- The human vermin : Kafka's metaphor for extreme alienation / Ramón G. Mendoza -- "Die Verwandlung," Freud, and the chains of Odysseus / David Eggenschwiler -- Transforming Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis / Nina Pelikan Straus -- From Marx to myth : the structure and function of self-alienation in Kafka's Metamorphosis / Walter H. Sokel -- The structure of Kafka's Metamorphosis : metamorphosis of the metaphor / Stanley Corngold -- Reflections on Kafka's urban reader / Paul Reitter and Brett Wheeler -- Confinement in Die Verwandlung and Les séquestrés d'Altona / Mary Ann Witt -- Kafka's reality and Nabokov's fantasy : on dwarves, saints, beetles, symbolism, and genius / Leland de la Durantaye -- Kafka's sources for The metamorphosis / Mark Spilka.
Summary
This book provides a great starting point for students seeking an introduction to Franz Kafka's most famous novella. Essays include a new, lengthy biography of the author, a discussion of the cultural and historical context of the work, the structure and function of self-alienation, Kafka's metaphor for extreme alienation, and a selective survey of the critical reception of The Metamorphosis.
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9781587658921 (electronic book)
9781587658402 (alk. paper)
1587658402 (alk. paper)
9781587658211 (Critical insights : alk. paper)
1587658216 (Critical insights : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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