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Franz Kafka's the Metamorphosis
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Franz Kafka's the Metamorphosis

by Harold Bloom. 149 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Harold Bloom

Publisher:

   Chelsea House

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1988
Subjects:   Kafka, Franz,--1883-1924--Verwandlung, Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Metamorphosis, German literature--History and criticism
Table of contents
Contents
Editor's Note / vii
Introduction / HAROLD BLOOM 1
/ MARTIN GREENBERG 19
/ STANLEY CORNGOLD 37
/ EVELYN TORTON BECK 53
/ RONALD GRAY 61
/ DAVID EGGENSCHWILER 71
/ ROY PASCAL 95
l WALTER H. SOKEL 105
/ MARK M. ANDERSON 117
Chronology / 135
Contributors / 137
Bibliography / 139
Acknowledgments / 143
Index / 145
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