Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed Contributor(s): Koelb, Clayton (Author) |
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ISBN: 082649580X ISBN-13: 9780826495808 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General |
Dewey: 833.912 |
Series: Guides for the Perplexed |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.54" W x 8.48" (0.56 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like 'The Metamorphosis' and The Trial for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. Some might say that Kafka's enduring achievement has been to make his readers love being perplexed. As much of Kafka's writing is designed to perplex the reader, this guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be. The book guides readers through their first encounters with Kafka and introduces the problems involved in reading his texts, the nature of his texts from the key novels and novellas to letters and professional writings, his life as a writer and different approaches to reading Kafka. |