Franz Kafka's The metamorphosis - Bloom, Harold (New York : Chelsea House, 2007)
Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views -- Mark M. Anderson on the bug as metaphor -- Stanley Corngold on the distortion of metaphor -- George Gibeon compares The metamorphosis with The judgment -- M. Elizabeth Macandrew on the father/son reversal -- Philip H. Rhein compares Kafka with artist Alfred Kubin -- Michael Rowe on themes in The metamorphosis -- Michael P. Ryan on the name Samsa -- Mark Spilka on Kafka's predecessors -- Peter Stine on familial relationships -- Allen Thiher on misrepresentation in The metamorphosis -- Works by Franz Kafka.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78) and index.
Keywords: Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924.