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The ambiguous point of view and reader involvement in Kafka: A reader oriented approach tothe castle and “in the penal colony”

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Milman, Y. The ambiguous point of view and reader involvement in Kafka: A reader oriented approach tothe castle and “in the penal colony”. Neophilologus 77, 261–272 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01000138

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