| Kafka and Dostoyevsky: The Shaping of Influence 1992 Edition Contributor(s): Dodd, W. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333558650 ISBN-13: 9780333558652 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 833 |
| Series: Shaping of Influence |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.03 lbs) 237 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book evaluates the importance of Dostoyevsky's life and imaginative fiction as a stimulus to Kafka's own writing. Dostoyevskian material is situated within detailed readings of particular works. The principle sources discussed are The Double, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, and Dostoyevsky's (auto) biography. It is argued that Kafka's use of Dostoyevsky is driven by antagonism as much as by admiration. |