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Heart of darkness /

by Samolsky, Russell.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, c1963Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780823234790 (hbk.); 0823234797 (hbk.); 9780823234806 (pbk.); 0823234800 (pbk.).Subject(s): Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation | Spiegelman, Art -- Criticism and interpretation | Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Ethics in literature | Apocalyptic literature | Prophecy in literature | Violence in literature | Mimesis in literature | Australian
Contents:
Introduction: Writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- 1. Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- 2. Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- 3. The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- Coda: The time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- 1. Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- 2. Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- 3. The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- Coda: The time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number.

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