Critical theory and the novel : mass society and cultural criticism in Dickens, Melville, and Kafka

Bibliographic Information

Critical theory and the novel : mass society and cultural criticism in Dickens, Melville, and Kafka

David Suchoff

University of Wisconsin Press, c1994

  • : pbk

Available at  / 32 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-215) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Using the methods of Frankfurt School theorists, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, Suchoff offers new readings of Dickens, Melville and Kafka that underscore the political and social critiques inherent in their novels. He also studies the historical origins of literary theory.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top