Kafka's Narrators: A Study of His Stories and Sketches (Anglica Germanica Series 2) - Hardcover

Pascal, Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521243653 ISBN 13: 9780521243650

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

When Roy Pascal died in 1980 he had all but completed a book on narrative viewpoint in Kafka's shorter fiction: the stories and sketches, as well as the numerous fables and parables. It was for Pascal a genuine voyage of discovery from which he believed he was bringing back significant observations that would contribute to a richer and more accurate assessment of Kafka's art. Prepared for publication by professors Martin Swales and Siegbert Prawer, the book was originally published in 1982 in the confident expectation that it had achieved the author's aim. Although it contains detailed analyses of individual works, the book is more than simply one further addition to the bewildering corpus of secondary literature on Kafka. For it is a study which manages to cut through many previous critical controversies by paying scrupulous attention to matters of literary and stylistic technique.

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Book Description

Prepared for publication by Martin Swales and Siegbert Prawer after Roy Pascal's death, this book is more than simply one further addition to the bewildering corpus of secondary literature on Kafka. For it is a study which cuts through previous critical controversies by focusing on matters of literary and stylistic technique.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0521243653
• ISBN 13: 9780521243650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256