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A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka
Author(s): James Rolleston (Editor, Contributor), Bianca Theisen (Contributor), Henry Sussman (Contributor), John Zilcosky (Contributor), Judith Ryan (Contributor), Mark Harman (Contributor), Richard T. Gray (Contributor), Ritchie Robertson (Contributor), Professor emeritus Rolf J. Goebel (Contributor), Russell A. Berman (Contributor), Dr Ruth V Gross (Contributor), Professor Sander Sander Gilman (Contributor), Stanley Corngold (Contributor), Walter H. Sokel (Contributor)
- Publisher: Camden House
- Publication Date: 1 May 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 388 pages
- ISBN-10: 1571133364
- ISBN-13: 9781571133366
Book Description
New essays by leading scholars on the most perplexing of modern writers, Franz Kafka. No other 20th-century writer of German-language literature has been as fully accepted into the canon of world literature as Franz Kafka. The unsettlingly, enigmatically surreal world of 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 clear: although all theories attempt to appropriate Kafka, there is no one key to his work. The challenge to criticshas 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. Contributors: James Rolleston, Clayton Koelb, Walter H. Sokel, Judith Ryan, Russel A. Berman, Ritchie Robertson, Henry Sussman, Stanley Corngold, Bianca Theisen, Rolf J. Goebel, Richard T. Gray, Ruth V. Gross, Sander L. Gilman, John Zilcosky, Mark Harman James Rolleston is Professor Emeritus of German at Duke University.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Contains new material and insights by noted scholars whose work represents a full range of methodological and thematic diversity. ― CHOICE
Appropriately reflects the ever-widening circles within which Kafka’s texts can be viewed. Especially prominent … are the discussions of texts as meta-narratives, their thematizations of problematic message transfer, and their meditations on unbridgeable misconception. ― MODERN AUSTRIAN LITERATURE
This is a particularly successful collection,… several of whose individual studies will undoubtedly become touchstones of future Kafka research. ― GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
This collection is necessary for any student of Kafka. The voices represented here, from the seasoned … to the newly emerging, speak to the wide methodological range that typifies Kafka studies. ― GERMAN QUARTERLY
About the Author
ROLF J. GOEBEL is Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Arlington
