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BL
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966071
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b720441
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| Title & Author
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Franz Kafka /\ edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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Bloom's major short story writers
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83 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0791068226
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: 9780791068229
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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"Works by Franz Kafka": page 75.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-81) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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Each new volume is a biographical and critical review of one of the world's most important writers with expert analysis by Harold Bloom.
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| Subject
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Kafka, Franz,1883-1924-- Criticism and interpretation
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Kafka, Franz,1883-1924-- Examinations
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Kafka, Franz,1883-1924-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kafka, Franz,1883-1924
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Short story, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Short story-- Examinations, Study guides.
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Examinations.
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Short story-- Examinations.
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Short story.
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| Dewey Classification
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833/.912
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| LC Classification
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PT2621.A26Z7166 2002
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| Added Entry
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Bloom, Harold.
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