Franz Kafka's The metamorphosis
By: edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
ISBN-13: 9780791092989
Subjects: Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924
Other titles: Metamorphosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78) and index.
Table of contents: title: Biographical sketch; title: The story behind the story; title: List of characters; title: Summary and analysis; title: Critical views; title: Mark M. Anderson on the bug as metaphor; title: Stanley Corngold on the distortion of metaphor; title: George Gibeon compares The metamorphosis with The judgment; title: M. Elizabeth Macandrew on the father/son reversal; title: Philip H. Rhein compares Kafka with artist Alfred Kubin; title: Michael Rowe on themes in The metamorphosis; title: Michael P. Ryan on the name Samsa; title: Mark Spilka on Kafka's predecessors; title: Peter Stine on familial relationships; title: Allen Thiher on misrepresentation in The metamorphosis; title: Works by Franz Kafka.