Lambent traces : Franz Kafka / Stanley Corngold.

Author/creator Corngold, Stanley
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxviii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents 1. In the circle of "the judgment" -- 2. The trial: the guilt of an unredeemed literary promise -- Segue I: On cultural immortality -- 3. Medial interventions in The trial or, res in media -- 4. Allotria and excreta in "In the penal colony" -- Segue II: Death and the medium -- 5. Nietzsche, Kafka, and literary paternity -- 6. Something to do with the truth; Kafka's later stories -- 7. "A faith like a guillotine"; Kafka on skepticism -- 8. Kafka and the dialect of minor literature -- 9. Adorno's "notes on Kafka"; A critical reconstruction -- 10. On translation mistakes, with special attention to Kafka' in Amerika -- 11. The trouble with cultural studies.
Local noteLittle-344651--305131050518W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003057399
ISBN0691118167 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780691118161 (alk. paper)