A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka
A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) James Rolleston (Editor)
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571131809
DDC: 833.912
Edition: Hardcover; 2003-01
Summary:
No other writer of German-language literature in the 20th century has
been as fully accepted into the canon of world literature as Franz
Kafka. The unsettlingly, enigmatically surreal world depicted in
Kafka's novels and stories continues to fascinate readers and critics
of each new generation, who in turn continue to find new readings.
One thing has become wholly clear: although all theories attempt to
appropriate Kafka, there is no one key to his work. The challenge to
critics has been to present a strong point of view while taking
account of previous Kafka research, a challenge that has been met by
the contributors to this volume. The essays follow an introduction by
the editor, and include: Clayton Koelb on the controversial question
of Kafka editions; Walter H. Sokel on a life of reading--and writing
about--Kafka; Judith Ryan on the early stories; Russell A. Berman on
tradition and betrayal in `The Judgment'; Ritchie Robertson on
anti-Christian elements in `The Judgment,' `The Metamorphosis,' and
the aphorisms; Henry Sussman on Kafka's evolving aesthetics; Stanley
Corngold on The Trial; Bianca Theisen on Kafka's use of circus motifs
in the stories `Up in the Gallery' and `First Sorrow'; Rolf J. Goebel
on the connection of Kafka's The Missing Person, `In the Penal
Colony,' and `The Great Wall of China' to postcolonial critique;
Richard T. Gray on the semiotics and aesthetics of `In the Penal
Colony'; Ruth V. Gross on the `enigmatics' of the short fiction;
Sander L. Gilman on Kafka's Jewishness and the story `The Country
Doctor'; John Zilcosky on the colonial visions in The Castle; Mark
Harman on the variants to The Castle and what they tell us about
Kafka's writing process; and Clayton Koelb on Kafka's rhetoric in the
late stories `Josephine the Singer' and `The Burrow.'James Rolleston
is Professor of German at Duke University and has written widely on
topics in modern German literature.
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