The Cambridge Companion to Kafka (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Cambridge University Press, 1/12/2008
EAN 9780521663915, ISBN10: 0521663911
Paperback, 280 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
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.
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.
'... provides a valuable overview of varied aspects of Kafka's works, including a relevant up-to-date bibliography at the end of each essay.' Poetics Today