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“The Metamorphosis”
Perhaps the oddest thing about Franz Kafka’s celebrated short story, “The Metamorphosis,” is how stubbornly it resists the notion that it is an allegory or extended metaphor. Though dreams are invoked in the very first line–“Gregor Samsa woke one morning … Continue reading →
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Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Video of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme