Bibliograph

The metamorphosis, translation, backgrounds and contexts, criticism, Franz Kafka ; translated and edited by Stanley Corngold

Type

Label

The metamorphosis, translation, backgrounds and contexts, criticism, Franz Kafka ; translated and edited by Stanley Corngold

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The metamorphosis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

33079796

Responsibility statement

Franz Kafka ; translated and edited by Stanley Corngold

Series statement

A Norton critical edition

Sub title

translation, backgrounds and contexts, criticism

Summary

A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life

Table Of Contents

The text of The metamorphosis -- Kafka's manuscript revisions -- from Wedding preparations in the country / Franz Kafka -- Letters and diaries -- from Conversations with Kafka / Gustav Janouch -- Kafka's The metamorphosis : metamorphosis of the metaphor / Stanley Corngold -- Elements of Jewish folklore in Kafka's Metamorphosis / Iris Bruce -- Transforming Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis / Nina Pelikan Straus -- Competing theories of identity in Kafka's The metamorphosis / Kevin W. Sweeney -- Sliding down the evolutionary ladder? : aesthetic autonomy in The metamorphosis / Mark M. Anderson -- The metamorphosis : the long journey into print / Hartmut Binder -- Kafka's Metamorphosis and the writing of abjection / Eric Santner -- Franz Kafka : a chronology

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