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- Title
Melancholy and Parapraxis: Rewriting History in Benjamin and Kafka.
- Authors
Allen, William S.
- Abstract
The article offers an analysis on the writings of Walter Benjamin about Franz Kafka as well as the genre and history it portrays. It states that such writings are guided by different diversions of various parables. It talks about the style of Benjamin in composing his writings and the meaning behind his methods in approaching Kafka. It mentions that Benjamin's writings are ways in responding to Kafka's works. It further discusses the parapraxis and melancholy in the works of both Benjamin and Kafka.
- Subjects
BENJAMIN, Walter, 1892-1940; KAFKA, Franz, 1883-1924; AUTHORS; PARAPRAXIS; PROSE literature -- History &; criticism; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.); ARTISTIC creation; PARABLES; THEMES in literature
- Publication
MLN, 2008, Vol 123, Issue 5, p1068
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mln.0.0067