The Urge to Live A Comparative Study of Franz Kafka's "Der Prozess" and Albert Camus' "L'Etranger"

This is a penetrative and perceptive comparison of two of the most discussed novels of the twentieth century. Beginning with Camus' own appraisal of Kafka's work, the study convincingly analyzes the authors' fictive creations. Rhein is particularly intrigued by the function of time in...

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Main Author: Rhein, Phillip H. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1964
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
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