Apocalyptic futures marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee /
Samolsky, Russell.
Apocalyptic futures marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee / [electronic resource] : Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Russell Samolsky. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2011. - x, 237 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780823241514 (electronic bk.)
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--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethics in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Electronic books.
PN3347 / .S26 2011
809.3/04
Apocalyptic futures marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee / [electronic resource] : Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Russell Samolsky. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2011. - x, 237 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780823241514 (electronic bk.)
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--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethics in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Electronic books.
PN3347 / .S26 2011
809.3/04