Kafka's Narrators: A Study of His Stories and Sketches.

Pascal, Roy.

ISBN 10: 0521287650 / ISBN 13: 9780521287654

Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 1982

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8vo. 251 pp. Very good in wraps. Price sticker on back cover. Some fading to front and back covers, more to spine. Lightly stained or scuffed on front cover along spine.First edition. Seller Inventory # 66-0173

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kafka's Narrators: A Study of His Stories ...

Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

When Roy Pascal died in 1980 he had all but completed a book on narrative viewpoint in Kafka's shorter fiction: the stories and sketches, as well as the numerous fables and parables. It was for Pascal a genuine voyage of discovery from which he believed he was bringing back significant observations that would contribute to a richer and more accurate assessment of Kafka's art. Prepared for publication by professors Martin Swales and Siegbert Prawer, the book was originally published in 1982 in the confident expectation that it had achieved the author's aim. Although it contains detailed analyses of individual works, the book is more than simply one further addition to the bewildering corpus of secondary literature on Kafka. For it is a study which manages to cut through many previous critical controversies by paying scrupulous attention to matters of literary and stylistic technique.

Book Description:

Prepared for publication by Martin Swales and Siegbert Prawer after Roy Pascal's death, this book is more than simply one further addition to the bewildering corpus of secondary literature on Kafka. For it is a study which cuts through previous critical controversies by focusing on matters of literary and stylistic technique.