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Kafka's "The Castle" by Ronald D. Gray is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Kafka's "The Castle" about?

This is a detailed analysis of Kafka's novel The Castle, followed by a note on The Trial which points to the resemblance between the two books. Gray's starting point is the patient investigation of what the novel says and does. His object is to avoid any premature decision about 'what Kafka was driving at', for the result of that decision in previous critics was that, armed with a theological, political or psychoanalytical theory that partly fitted, they violated the delicacy and simplified the complexity of the book's operation on the mind. The Castle is not an allegory in which every component 'stands' for some simple thing or quality; it has to be entered and moved about in, the parts referred to each other, the resonances listened to. The Castle is a great work in itself and also has relationships with others in other languages. Gray's exemplary method makes his book valuable to any serious reader of literature.

Who reads Kafka's "The Castle"?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Ronald D. Gray
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
1956
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521051361
Category
nonfiction
Updated
2026-03-24

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