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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Main Author: Preece, Julian, Ed
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press., 2002.
Subjects:
German fiction
Criticism and interpretation
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505 |a 1. Kafka's writing and our reading David Constantine 2. A psychoanalytic reading of The Man Who Disappeared Anne Fuchs 3. The exploration of the modern city in The Trial Rolf J. Goebel 4. The Castle Elizabeth Boa 5. Kafka's short fiction Ruth V. Gross 6. Kafka's later stories and aphorisms Stanley Corngold 7. The letters and diaries Julian Preece 8. The case for a political reading Bill Dodd 9. Kafka and Jewish folklore Iris Bruce 10. Kafka and gender Dagmar C. G. Lorenz 11. Myths and realities in Kafka biography Anthony Northey 12. Editions, translations, adaptations Osman Durrani 13. Kafka adapted to film Helen Hughes and Martin Brady 14. Kafka and popular culture Iris Bruce 
520 |a 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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