A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka

New essays by leading scholars on the most perplexing of modern writers, Franz Kafka.

No other 20th-century writer of German-language literature has been as fully accepted into the canon of world literature as Franz Kafka. The unsettlingly, enigmatically surreal world of Kafka's novels and stories continues to fascinate readers and critics of each new generation, who in turn continue to find new readings. One thing has become clear: although all theories attempt to appropriate Kafka, there is no one key to his work. The challenge to criticshas been to present a strong point of view while taking account of previous Kafka research, a challenge that has been met by the contributors to this volume.

Contributors: James Rolleston, Clayton Koelb, Walter H. Sokel, Judith Ryan, Russel A. Berman, Ritchie Robertson, Henry Sussman, Stanley Corngold, Bianca Theisen, Rolf J. Goebel, Richard T. Gray, Ruth V. Gross, Sander L. Gilman, John Zilcosky, Mark Harman

James Rolleston is Professor Emeritus of German at Duke University.

Author: James Rolleston
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Camden House (NY)
Published: 05/01/2006
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture #1
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781571133366