In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one ... more In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one morning with news of his arrest. K.'s failure to uncover the grounds for his prosecution gradually erodes his earlier certainty regarding his innocence. By the novel's conclusion, ...
The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important Europea... more The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important European authors of the modernist period, having garnered high praise from such prominent voices as Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, and J. M. Coetzee. Robert Walser: A Companion is the first comprehensive guide to Walser's work in English. The twelve essays in this collection examine Walser's literary output,historical milieu, and idiosyncratic writing process, addressing aspects of his biography; discussing the various genres in which he wrote (the novel, short prose, drama, lyric poetry, and letters); and analyzing his best-known novels and short stories alongside lesser-known but no less fascinating poems, plays,and prose pieces. An essential addition to the scholarship about this eccentric, prolific, and influential writer's work, Robert Walser: A Companion will be of interest both to established scholars and to those coming to Walser for the first time. Contents: Introduction. Robert Walser: Modernist at the Margins Samuel Frederick and Valerie Heffernan The Young Poet (1896-1899) Susan Bernofsky To Pieces: Robert Walser's Correspondence with Frieda Mermet Elke Siegel Robert Walser as Lyric Poet Samuel Frederick Antechambers of Life: School and Living-On in Fritz Kocher's Essays Anette Schwarz Robert Walser's Jewish Berlin Daniel Medin Out of a Job: Giving Notice in The Tanners and The Assistant Paul Buchholz Robert Walser's Jakob von Gunten: A "Zero" Point of German Literature Peter Utz Robert Walser's Sceneries: "Kleist in Thun" and "The Walk" Bernhard F. Malkmus Immersion, Interpolation, Philology: Losing Oneself in Robert Walser Jörg Kreienbrock Parodies of Power: Robert Walser's Dramatic Scenes Valerie Heffernan Robert Walser and Violence: Strange Excursions into the Microscripts Kai Evers Robert Walser's The Robber: An Exercise in Camp Anne Fuchs
... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or ne... more ... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or negotiating Kafka and his work, Roth, Sebald, and Coetzee have created new literary worlds, in which the legacy of the master from Prague is still imprinted.”—Galili Shahar, University of Florida “Original, well argued, and stylish ...
In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one ... more In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one morning with news of his arrest. K.'s failure to uncover the grounds for his prosecution gradually erodes his earlier certainty regarding his innocence. By the novel's conclusion, ...
... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or ne... more ... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or negotiating Kafka and his work, Roth, Sebald, and Coetzee have created new literary worlds, in which the legacy of the master from Prague is still imprinted.”—Galili Shahar, University of Florida “Original, well argued, and stylish ...
In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one ... more In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one morning with news of his arrest. K.'s failure to uncover the grounds for his prosecution gradually erodes his earlier certainty regarding his innocence. By the novel's conclusion, ...
The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important Europea... more The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important European authors of the modernist period, having garnered high praise from such prominent voices as Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, and J. M. Coetzee. Robert Walser: A Companion is the first comprehensive guide to Walser's work in English. The twelve essays in this collection examine Walser's literary output,historical milieu, and idiosyncratic writing process, addressing aspects of his biography; discussing the various genres in which he wrote (the novel, short prose, drama, lyric poetry, and letters); and analyzing his best-known novels and short stories alongside lesser-known but no less fascinating poems, plays,and prose pieces. An essential addition to the scholarship about this eccentric, prolific, and influential writer's work, Robert Walser: A Companion will be of interest both to established scholars and to those coming to Walser for the first time. Contents: Introduction. Robert Walser: Modernist at the Margins Samuel Frederick and Valerie Heffernan The Young Poet (1896-1899) Susan Bernofsky To Pieces: Robert Walser's Correspondence with Frieda Mermet Elke Siegel Robert Walser as Lyric Poet Samuel Frederick Antechambers of Life: School and Living-On in Fritz Kocher's Essays Anette Schwarz Robert Walser's Jewish Berlin Daniel Medin Out of a Job: Giving Notice in The Tanners and The Assistant Paul Buchholz Robert Walser's Jakob von Gunten: A "Zero" Point of German Literature Peter Utz Robert Walser's Sceneries: "Kleist in Thun" and "The Walk" Bernhard F. Malkmus Immersion, Interpolation, Philology: Losing Oneself in Robert Walser Jörg Kreienbrock Parodies of Power: Robert Walser's Dramatic Scenes Valerie Heffernan Robert Walser and Violence: Strange Excursions into the Microscripts Kai Evers Robert Walser's The Robber: An Exercise in Camp Anne Fuchs
... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or ne... more ... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or negotiating Kafka and his work, Roth, Sebald, and Coetzee have created new literary worlds, in which the legacy of the master from Prague is still imprinted.”—Galili Shahar, University of Florida “Original, well argued, and stylish ...
In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one ... more In Franz Kafka's The Trial, Joseph K. cannot comprehend the true law that awakens him one morning with news of his arrest. K.'s failure to uncover the grounds for his prosecution gradually erodes his earlier certainty regarding his innocence. By the novel's conclusion, ...
... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or ne... more ... By transforming, 'misreading,' exag-gerating, or negotiating Kafka and his work, Roth, Sebald, and Coetzee have created new literary worlds, in which the legacy of the master from Prague is still imprinted.”—Galili Shahar, University of Florida “Original, well argued, and stylish ...
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