This is a fine hardcover first edition copy in black cloth binding, in a mylar protected DJ, cream spine. I got this copy from the editor, I forgot to have him sign it. But it could still be done as he is a regular at our little shop.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka
Publisher: Camden House, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1571131809
ISBN 13: 9781571131805
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

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 Emeritus Professor of German at Duke University and has written widely on topics in modern German literature.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Kafka Begins - James RollestonCritical Editions I: The 1994 Paperback Edition - James RollestonCritical Editions II: Will the Real Franz Kafka Please Stand Up? - Beyond Self-Assertion: A Life of Reading Kafka - Walter H. SokelKafka Before Kafka: The Early Stories - Judith RyanTradition and Betrayal in "Das Urteil" - Russell A. BermanKafka as Anti-Christian: "Das Urteil," "Die Verwandlung" and the Aphorisms - Ritchie RobertsonKafka's Aesthetics: A Primer: From the Fragments to the Novels - Henry SussmanMedial Allusions at the Ouset of Der Proce�; or, res in media - Stanley CorngoldKafka's Circus Turns: "Auf der Galerie" and "Erstes Leid" - Bianca TheisenKafka and Postcolonial Critique: Der Verschollene, "In der Strafkolonie," "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer" - Rolf J. GoebelDisjunctive Signs: Semiotics, Aesthetics and Failed Mediation in "In der Strafkolonie" - Richard T. GrayHunting Kafka Out of Season: Enigmatics in the Short Fictions - Ruth V. GrossA Dream of Jewishness Denied: Kafka's Tumor and "Ein Landarzt" - Sander L. GilmanSurveying the Castle: Kafka's Colonial Visions - John ZilcoskyMaking Everything "A Little Uncanny": Kafka's Variants to Das Schlo� and What They Can Tell Us About His Writing ProcessHis Writing Process - Mark HarmanKafka Imagines His Readers: The Rhetoric of "Josefine die S�ngerin" and "Der Bau" -

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James Rolleston is Head of the Department of German at Duke University and has written widely on modern German literature.

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