Kafka′s Selected Stories (NCE): A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Kafka, Franz; Corngold, Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393924793 ISBN 13: 9780393924794

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006

Synopsis

This Norton Critical Edition is based on new translations by leading Kafka scholar and translator Stanley Corngold. Thirty stories are included, accompanied by detailed annotations. "Backgrounds and Contexts" offers a glimpse of Kafka's creative process through extracts from his letters, diaries, and conversations. "Criticism" collects ten essays on the major stories by Stanley Corngold, Danielle Allen, Walter Hinderer, Walter Sokel, Nicola Gess, Vivian Liska, Benno Wagner, John A. Hargraves, and Gerhard Kurz. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

About this title

Product Description:

This Norton Critical Edition is based on new translations by leading Kafka scholar Stanley Corngold. Twenty-nine stories are included, accompanied by detailed annotations. Extracts from his letters, diaries and conversations offer a glimpse of Kafka's creative process, and ten critical essays on the major stories are collected from a wide range of voices.

About the Author:

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His major novels include The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. Stanley Corngold is a professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His highly acclaimed translations include Kafka's Selected Stories. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0393924793
• ISBN 13: 9780393924794
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362