
Die Verwandlung
Franz Kafka(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2016
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-138-13964-0 (ISBN)
Description
Franz Kafka is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century culture. The fascination of his work has long since reached international proportions, and the concept 'Kafkaesque' has entered the English Language as an everyday part of speech.
This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the author achieves his particular effects. The editors are concerned less with what the story means then with how it blocks and baffles its reader, provoking them into an interpretation through its combination of clues and counter-clues, its questions and its uncertainties. Careful attention is therefore paid to the 'openness' of the text, to point of view, and to Kafka's use of language. The editors also consider the important biographical and cultural influences which shaped the writing of the story, and they outline some of the very different ways in which it has been interpreted --biographically, socially and psychologically.
A select vocabulary, aimed at the demands of the sixth-form pupil, is also included, and the text itself is taken from the original hardback edition.
This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the author achieves his particular effects. The editors are concerned less with what the story means then with how it blocks and baffles its reader, provoking them into an interpretation through its combination of clues and counter-clues, its questions and its uncertainties. Careful attention is therefore paid to the 'openness' of the text, to point of view, and to Kafka's use of language. The editors also consider the important biographical and cultural influences which shaped the writing of the story, and they outline some of the very different ways in which it has been interpreted --biographically, socially and psychologically.
A select vocabulary, aimed at the demands of the sixth-form pupil, is also included, and the text itself is taken from the original hardback edition.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-13964-0 (9781138139640)
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Additional editions

Franz Kafka | Peter Hutchinson | Michael Minden
Die Verwandlung
E-Book
04/2006
1st Edition
Routledge
€52.49
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Franz Kafka | Peter Hutchinson | Michael Minden
Die Verwandlung
E-Book
04/2006
Routledge
€52.49
Available for download

Franz Kafka | Peter Hutchinson | Michael Minden
Die Verwandlung
Edited by Peter Hutchinson and Michael Minden
Book
03/1986
Routledge
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Edited by Dr Peter Hutchinson, Dr Michael Minden
Content
INTRODUCTION Kafka's life, The reception of Kafka's works, Previous interpretations of Die Verwandlung, The 'openness' of Die Verwandlung, The curious narrator, Kafka's use of language NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION, SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, DIE VERWANDLUNG, NOTES TO THE TEXT