In 1945, W. H. Auden remarked that Kafka stands in the same relation to his century as Shakespeare does to his—Kafka is the representative of the twentieth century, the poet who gives it its voice. This Norton Critical Edition is based on new translations by leading Kafka scholar and translator Stanley Corngold. Thirty stories are included, accompanied by detailed annotations.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" offers a glimpse of Kafka’s creative process through extracts from his letters, diaries, and conversations.
"Criticism" collects ten essays on the major stories by Stanley Corngold, Danielle Allen, Walter Hinderer, Walter Sokel, Nicola Gess, Vivian Liska, Benno Wagner, John A. Hargraves, and Gerhard Kurz.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Preface
1 Introduction
Part I Linear Epuations
2 Conservation Laws and Differential Epuations
3 Characteristics and Riemann Problems for Linear Hyperbolic Epuations
4 Finite Volume Methods
5 Introduction to the CLAWPACK Slfeware
6 High-Resolution Methods
7 Boundary Conditions and Ghost Cells
8 Convergence,Accuracy ,and Stability
9 Variable -Coefficient Linear Epuateions
10 Other Approaches to High Resolution
Part II Nonlinear Epuations
11 Nonlinear Scalar Conservation Laws
12 Finite Volume Methods for Nonlinear Scalar Conservation Laws
13 Nonlinear Syatems of Conservation Laws
14 Gas Dynamics and the Euler Epuations
15 Finite Volume Methods for Nonlinear Systms
16 Some Nonclassical Hyperbolic Problems
17 Source Terms and Balance Laws
Part III Multidimensional Prlblems
18 Multidimensional Hyperbolic Prblems
19 Multidimensional Numerical Methods
20 Multidimensional Scalar Epuations
21 Multidimensional Systems
22 Elastic Waves
23 Finite Volume Methods on Quadrilateral Grids
Bibligraphy
Index