Stanley Corngold
Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine
- ISBN 13:
- 9780810127692
- author:
- Stanley Corngold
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 2.4 x 22.9 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, History & Criticism, , Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Kafka, Franz - Criticism and interpretation, General, Literary Criticism / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, 1883-1924, Criticism and in
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine offers a groundbreaking critical framework to Kafka's work. Building on their earlier collection Franz Kafka: The Office Writings, Corngold and Wagner explore how Kafka's occupation as an insurance specialist influenced his fiction. They view his writings as cultural events reflecting the economic and cultural discourses of his time. The authors frame Kafka's literary worlds as a "bundling" together of various cultural accidents of his era. This work by two leading scholars constitutes a significant advance in understanding both Kafka's more famous and lesser-known works. By examining Kafka's avowed interest in insurance theory and practice, Corngold and Wagner shed new light on the complexities of his literary worlds. This book is a valuable contribution to the study of Kafka's oeuvre, offering insights into the cultural context that shaped his writing.
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