02729nam a2200493 a 4500 ebr10530643 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110822s2011 nyua sb 001 0 eng d 2011032058 9780823234790 (cloth : alk. paper) 0823234797 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780823234806 (pbk.) 0823234800 (pbk.) 9780823241514 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)785778996 PN3347 .S26 2011eb 809.3/04 23 Samolsky, Russell. Apocalyptic futures [electronic resource] : marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee / Russell Samolsky. Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10530643 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 146794 146794