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Franz Kafka /

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Franz Kafka /

[Book]

edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Philadelphia :

Chelsea House Publishers,

©2003.

83 pages ;

24 cm.

Bloom's major short story writers

"Works by Franz Kafka": page 75.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-81) and index.

Biography of Franz Kafka -- Plot summary of "The metamorphosis" -- List of characters in "The metamorphosis" -- Critical views on "The metamorphosis." Michael P. Ryan on the influence of Eastern philosophy ; Mark Sanders on the ethical implications of Gregor's marginalization ; J. Brooks Bouson on the metaphors of narcissism ; Stanley Corngold on how metaphor is made literal ; Evelyn Tornton Beck on the similarities between Kafka's story and Gordin's play The savage one -- Plot summary of "The judgement" -- List of characters in "The judgement" -- Critical views on "The judgement." Allen Thiher on the self-referential aspects ; Stanley Corngold on the figural tension between Georg and his father ; James M. McGlathery on Kafka's anxiety about his own marriage ; Bluma Goldstein on the relationship between economic factors and social behavior ; V. Murrill and W.S. Marks III on the connections between Kafka's story and Freud's work on dreams -- Plot summary of "In the penal colony" -- List of characters in "In the penal colony" -- Critical views on "In the penal colony." Malynne Sternstein on Kafka's use of humor against interpretation ; Mark Anderson on the body as art ; Arnold Weinstein on the impossibility of a final interpretation for the story ; Allen Thiher on writing as access to the law ; Clayton Koelb on the reading process -- Plot summary of "A hunger artist" -- List of characters in "A hunger artist" -- Critical views on "A hunger artist." Kurt Fickert on the unreliable narrator in the story ; Frank Vulpi on the Faustian aspects of the story ; Breon Mitchell on the factual precedents for Kafka's story ; Nathan Cervo on the satirical nature of the story ; Joseph M. Garrison on the collective power of art -- Plot summary of "Josephine the Singer and the mousefolk" -- List of characters in "Josephine the Singer and the mousefolk" -- Critical views on "Josephine the Singer and the mousefolk." Laurence A. Rickels on the phantasmal aspects of Josephine's singing ; Ruth V. Gross on the importance of Josephine's female voice ; J.P. Stern on the redefinition of Kafka's oeuvre ; Boris Suchkov on art's relevance to society ; Ursula R. Mahlendorf on Kafka's own creative process.

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Kafka, Franz,1883-1924-- Criticism and interpretation.

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