marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee Samolsky, Russell. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Fordham University Press 2011 1st ed. monographic eng

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x, 237 p. : ill. 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. Russell Samolsky. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 PN3347 .S26 2011eb 809.3/04 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10530643 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10530643 CaPaEBR 110822 ebr10530643