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The Cambridge Companion to Kafka
Edited by Julian Preece
February 2002 | 276 pages | Hardback £40.00 | ISBN: 0521663148
February 2002 | 276 pages | Paperback £14.95 | ISBN: 0521663911
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.
Contributors
Julian Preece, David Constantine, Anne Fuchs, Rolf J. Goebel, Elizabeth
Boa, Ruth V. Gross, Stanley Corngold, Bill Dodd, Iris Bruce, Dagmar C. G.
Lorenz, Anthony Northey, Osman Durrani, Helen Hughes, Martin Brady
Sample chapter
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Contents
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chronology; Notes on Contributors;
Introduction: Kafka’s Europe Julian Preece; 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;
Index.
© Cambridge University Press 2001.
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