Heart of darkness - Samolsky, Russell (New York : Fordham University Press, 1963)
Introduction: Writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- 1. Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- 2. Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- 3. The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- Coda: The time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Kafka, Franz, -- 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Coetzee, J. M., -- 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation; Spiegelman, Art -- Criticism and interpretation; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Ethics in literature; Apocalyptic literature; Prophecy in literature; Violence in literature; Mimesis in literature; Australian