Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
x, 237 p. : ill. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- Kafka and Shoah -- Kafka and Kabbalah -- Inscriptional machines -- Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- Heart of darkness and African genocide -- The genealogy of apocalypse -- Delayed decodings -- Marlow and messianism -- The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- The politics of the eternal present -- Torture and allegory -- The body in ruins -- The materiality of the letter -- Mourning the bones -- Coda : the time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Spiegelman, Art -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Ethics in literature.
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Apocalyptic literature.
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Prophecy in literature.
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Violence in literature.
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Mimesis in literature.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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Added Title |
Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee |
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Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee |
ISBN |
9780823234790 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0823234797 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780823234806 (pbk.) |
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0823234800 (pbk.) |
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9780823241514 (electronic bk.) |
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