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

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Apocalyptic futures
Russell Samolsky
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Fordham University Press
Language
English
Pages
237

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Subjects
Violence in literature, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Ethics in literature, Fiction, Prophecy in literature, Mimesis in literature, Apocalyptic literature, Kafka, franz, 1883-1924, Conrad, joseph, 1857-1924, Coetzee, j. m., 1940-, Fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
People
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), J. M. Coetzee (1940-), Art Spiegelman, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
Times
20th century

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Apocalyptic Futures: Marked Bodies and the Violence of the Text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
2014, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Apocalyptic futures: marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
2011, Fordham University Press
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Apocalyptic Futures: Marked Bodies and the Violence of the Text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
2011, Fordham University Press
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Table of Contents

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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Titles
Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee, Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee

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809.3/04
Library of Congress
PN3347 .S26 2011, PN3347.S26 2011

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Number of pages
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OL25011120M
ISBN 13
9780823234790, 9780823234806
LCCN
2011032058
OCLC/WorldCat
694832836

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