Metamorphosis : Translations, Backgrounds, and Contexts, Criticism by Franz Kafka (1996, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393967972
ISBN-139780393967975
eBay Product ID (ePID)11713

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Book TitleMetamorphosis : Translations, Backgrounds, and Contexts, Criticism
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicEuropean / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), Literary
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorFranz Kafka
Book SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.1 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN95-020582
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number0
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SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition contains the 1915 edition of Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Translated by Stanley Corngold, the novella is fully annotated and is accompanied by selected textual variants., The novella is fully annotated and is accompanied by selected textual variants. Backgrounds and Contexts introduces readers to The Metamorphosis in the richest possible setting. The links between the author's life and his work are explored through an examination of his personal writings. Kafka's letters and diary entries illuminate the creative process behind his portrait of Gregor Samsa, his family, and their nightmarish ordeal. Criticism collects seven essays from the period 1970-95 representing the most important currents in literary theory--semiotics, feminism, identity philosophy, New Historicism, and post-Freudian cultural psychoanalysis. The essays offer a variety of perspectives on the novella by Iris Bruce, Nina Pelikan Straus, Kevin W. Sweeney, Mark Anderson, Hartmut Binder, Eric Santner, and Stanley Corngold. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included., Franz Kafka's 1915 masterpiece is presented in this Norton Critical Edition in the acclaimed translation by Stanley Corngold based on the definitive German edition.
LC Classification NumberPT2621.A26V42613

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