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Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like 'The Metamorphosis' and The Trial for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. Some might say that Kafka's enduring achievement has been to make his readers love being perplexed. As much of Kafka's writing is designed to perplex the reader, this guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's text and to realize what the uses of such perplexity might be. The book guides readers through...

Koelb argues that this new historical sense, which arose in the mid nineteenth century, gained eloquent expression in Flaubert s writings. What is crucial about the new historical sense is that it views the past as essentially alien and other. The connection between past and...