Kafka and Pinter: Shadow Boxing: The Struggle between Father and Son [Hardcover]

Raymond Armstrong (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 031221541X | ISBN-13: 978-0312215415 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999

This is the first major study of the extraordinary affinity between these two heavyweights of 20th-century literature. As well as offering a bold new interpretation of the struggle between father and son in Kafka's classic stories The Judgement and The Metamorphosis, Armstrong seeks to assess and document the extent to which Pinter had been influenced by this Kafkaian archetype. Three of Pinter's plays--The Homecoming, Family Voices and Moonlight --are examined in depth, the last two perhaps more comprehensively than ever before.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Armstrong, who [writes with flair, eloquence, and panache,] has read widely, frequently citing from Kafka's prose, letters, and diaries, as well as from many of Pinter's plays...Armstrong's ability to play his wide-ranging knowledge of comparative literature...Armstrong's book is most valuable...in offering new insights into the prose of the German writer and in presenting a new way of approaching three plays that were written in three distinct periods of Pinter's life.' - Gene A. Plunka, University of Memphis --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Raymond Armstrong is a lecturer at the University of Ulster.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 210 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031221541X
• ISBN-13: 978-0312215415
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,728,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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