Kafka's Zoopoetics : Beyond the Human-Animal Barrier
Nonhuman figures are ubiquitous in the work of Franz Kafka, from his early stories down to his very last one. Despite their prominence throughout his oeuvre, Kafka's animal representations have been considered first and foremost as mere allegories of intrahuman matters. In recent years, the allegori...
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University of Michigan Press
2020
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