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Title
Apocalyptic futures
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
Violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Samolsky, Russell (contributor)
Subject
Fiction--20th century--History and criticism (LCSH)
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Spiegelman, Art--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Ethics in literature (LCSH)
Apocalyptic literature (LCSH)
Prophecy in literature (LCSH)
Violence in literature (LCSH)
Mimesis in literature (LCSH)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
illustrations
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Classification
LCC: PN3347 .S26 2011 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 809.3/04 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
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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Samolsky, Russell Apocalyptic futures
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