Kafka's Writing Machine: Metamorphosis in the Penal Colony
Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" is a problematic story, largely because of the conflicting interpretations it has received: does its famous machine dispense grace or torture? Is Kafka giving us a parable of Old vs. New Law? How does the "liberal" explorer or the "liberal&...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
1982-09-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol7/iss1/3 |