Affinities between Franz Kafka and British and Irish Writers : Uneasy Dreams

Lockwood, David

Cambridge Scholars Publishing（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 449 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781036460228

Full Description

Since its first publication in English translation Franz Kafka's work has had a significant impact on British and Irish novelists and short story writers. Covering the period 1938 to 2025, this is the first comprehensive account of how they adapted his techniques and devices to their own purposes. Authors discussed include Edward Upward, Graham Greene, Rex Warner, Henry Green, William Sansom, Anna Kavan, Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien, John Banville, Alasdair Gray, Iain Banks, James Kelman, Kazuo Ishiguro, W. G. Sebald, J. G. Ballard, China Miéville, Iris Murdoch, John Fowles, David Wheldon, William Golding, Ian McEwan and Ali Smith.