| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 183 pages). |
| Series |
The guides for the perplexed series |
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works; Chapter One: Why You Might be Perplexed; Chapter Two: A Short Life of Franz K.; Chapter Three: A Survey of Kafka's Literary Estate; Chapter Four: The Stories and Fragments; Chapter Five: The Novels; Notes; Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading; Index. |
| Summary |
Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, €writers in world literature.€ Readers encountering texts like 'The Metamorphosis' and The Trial for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. Some might say that Kafka's enduring achievement has been to make his readers love being perplexed. As much of Kafka's writing is designed to perplex the reader, this guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be. The book guides readers. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. (OCoLC)fst00073986
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Kafka, Franz.
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Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Authors, Austrian. (OCoLC)fst00821814
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Koelb, Clayton, 1942- Kafka. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010 9780826495792 (OCoLC)496962117 |
| ISBN |
9781441155764 (electronic bk.) |
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1441155767 (electronic bk.) |
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