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Apocalyptic futures marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee /

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Hovedforfatter: Samolsky, Russell
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Udgivelse:1st ed.
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Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Coetzee, J. M., > 1940- > Criticism and interpretation.
Spiegelman, Art > Criticism and interpretation.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Electronic books.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Introduction: writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs
  • Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah
  • Kafka and Shoah
  • Kafka and Kabbalah
  • Inscriptional machines
  • Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide
  • Heart of darkness and African genocide
  • The genealogy of apocalypse
  • Delayed decodings
  • Marlow and messianism
  • The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians
  • The politics of the eternal present
  • Torture and allegory
  • The body in ruins
  • The materiality of the letter
  • Mourning the bones
  • Coda : the time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number.

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