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Cambridge companion to Kafka /
Franz Kafka's writing has had a wide-reaching influence on European literature, culture and thought. The Cambridge Companion to Kafka, offers a comprehensive account of his life and work, providing a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist. Contributio...
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Cambridge : :
Cambridge University Press.,
2002.
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| Summary: | Franz Kafka's writing has had a wide-reaching influence on European literature, culture and thought. The Cambridge Companion to Kafka, offers a comprehensive account of his life and work, providing a rounded contemporary appraisal of Central Europe's most distinctive Modernist. Contributions cover all the key texts, and discuss Kafka's writing in a variety of critical contexts such as feminism, deconstruction, psycho-analysis, Marxism, Jewish studies. Other chapters discuss his impact on popular culture and film. The essays are well supported by supplementary material including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading, and will be of interest to students of German, European and Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies.
Offers a range of critical approaches, from Feminism to Jewish studies and folklore studies
Covers all Kafka's main works of fiction
The volume is well supported by a detailed chronology and bibliography |
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| Physical Description: | xix,254p. |
| ISBN: | 0521663911 |