ISBN: 9781508636168

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' h… More...

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. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781508636168

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' h… More...

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. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

2015, ISBN: 9781508636168

Franz Kafka: Die VerwandlungGregors Verwandlung in ein ungeheures Ungeziefer ist ein Aufbegehren gegen die Unterdrückung und Ausbeutung durch seine Familie. Seine abstoßende K&#… More...

Franz Kafka: Die VerwandlungGregors Verwandlung in ein ungeheures Ungeziefer ist ein Aufbegehren gegen die Unterdrückung und Ausbeutung durch seine Familie. Seine abstoßende Käfergestalt ist ein grotesker Protest gegen die Knechtschaft und Verachtung.Edition Holzinger. TaschenbuchBerliner Ausgabe, 2015, 4. AuflageVollständiger, durchgesehener Neusatz mit einer Biographie des Autors bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Entstanden 1912, Erstdruck in: Die weißen Blätter (Leipzig), 2. Jg., Heft 10 (Oktober), als Buch: Leipzig (Kurt Wolff) 1915. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke. Herausgegeben von Max Brod, Band 1-9, Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer, 1950 ff. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael HolzingerReihengestaltung: Viktor HarvionUmschlaggestaltung unter Verwendung des Bildes: Franz Kafka (Fotografie aus dem Atelier Jacobi, 1906)Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 10 pt. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781508636168

Die Verwandlung ist eine im Jahr 1912 entstandene Erzählung von Franz Kafka. Die Geschichte handelt von Gregor Samsa, dessen plötzliche Verwandlung in ein Ungeziefer die Kommuni… More...

Die Verwandlung ist eine im Jahr 1912 entstandene Erzählung von Franz Kafka. Die Geschichte handelt von Gregor Samsa, dessen plötzliche Verwandlung in ein Ungeziefer die Kommunikation seines sozialen Umfelds mit ihm immer mehr hemmt, bis er von seiner Familie für untragbar gehalten wird und schließlich zugrunde geht. Kafka gelang es in der Nacht vom 22. zum 23. September 1912, die Erzählung in nur acht Stunden in einem Zuge zu Papier zu bringen. Im späteren Urteil der Literaturwissenschaft hat Kafka hier mit einem Schlag thematisch und stilistisch zu sich selbst gefunden. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781508636168

Kafka's stories are nightmarish tales in which a helpless central character's every move is controlled by heartless, impersonal forces. This authorized edition of DIE VERWANDLUNG by Franz… More...

Kafka's stories are nightmarish tales in which a helpless central character's every move is controlled by heartless, impersonal forces. This authorized edition of DIE VERWANDLUNG by Franz Kafka was originally published by Schocken Books Inc. in Volume I of the Gesammelte Wenke “Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa”, Berlin, 1935; New York, 1946. It appears here with the publisher’s permission. This edition is in German with editorial matter in English. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<