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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814538303321

Autore

Robertson Ritchie

Titolo

Kafka : a very short introduction / / Ritchie Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

9780191516924

9780192804556

1-4294-5969-7

1-280-75275-0

0-19-151692-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Very short introductions

Disciplina

833/.912

Soggetti

Authors, Austrian - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Life and myth -- Reading Kafka -- Bodies -- Institutions -- The last things.

Sommario/riassunto

Franz Kafka is one of the most intriguing writers of the 20th century. In this text the author provides an up-to-date introduction to Kafka, beginning with an examination of his life and then discussing some of the major themes that emerge in Kafka's work.