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Kafka: a Guide for the Perplexed : A Guide for the Perplexed

By Clayton Koelb

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year
2010
ISBN
9781441155764, 9780826495792
LCC
PT2621.A26Z76 2010
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1897092 bytes)
Series
Guides for the Perplexed Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
192\0
Time added
2023-08-22 18:58:59
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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.

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