Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A CasebookGene M. Moore Oxford University Press, 2010 M04 10 - 288 páginas Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's fictional account of a journey up the Congo river in 1890, raises important questions about colonialism and narrative theory. This casebook contains materials relevant to a deeper understanding of the origins and reception of this controversial text, including Conrad's own story "An Outpost of Progress," together with a little-known memoir by one of Conrad's oldest English friends, a brief history of the Congo Free State by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a parody of Conrad by Max Beerbohm. A wide range of theoretical approaches are also represented, examining Conrad's text in terms of cultural, historical, textual, stylistic, narratological, post-colonial, feminist, and reader-response criticism. The volume concludes with an interview in which Conrad compares his adventures on the Congo with Mark Twain's experiences as a Mississippi pilot. |
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... journey into self” (33), and subsequent generations of critics have extended this line of inquiry. In the same period, Thomas Moser's “achievement and decline” thesis narrowed the canon of Conrad studies, dismissing the earliest Malay ...
... journey into self” (33), and subsequent generations of critics have extended this line of inquiry. In the same period, Thomas Moser's “achievement and decline” thesis narrowed the canon of Conrad studies, dismissing the earliest Malay ...
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... journey, as Patrick Brantlinger shows in “Victorians and Africans: The Genealogy of the Myth of the Dark Continent.” This wide-ranging survey of Victorian attitudes reminds us of the contexts of abolitionism and humanitarianism that ...
... journey, as Patrick Brantlinger shows in “Victorians and Africans: The Genealogy of the Myth of the Dark Continent.” This wide-ranging survey of Victorian attitudes reminds us of the contexts of abolitionism and humanitarianism that ...
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... journey and about possible historical models for the character of Kurtz, but almost no attention has been paid to the historical sources of the frame-tale of Heart of Darkness. There is no doubt that the model for the Director of ...
... journey and about possible historical models for the character of Kurtz, but almost no attention has been paid to the historical sources of the frame-tale of Heart of Darkness. There is no doubt that the model for the Director of ...
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... journey, “To the End of the Night,” relies heavily on Conrad's own accounts in his notebooks and letters, and illustrates the differences between the facts of Conrad's journey and the adventures of his fictional counterpart. The author ...
... journey, “To the End of the Night,” relies heavily on Conrad's own accounts in his notebooks and letters, and illustrates the differences between the facts of Conrad's journey and the adventures of his fictional counterpart. The author ...
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... Conrad Pays Tribute to Mark Twain” in which Conrad singled out The Mississippi Pilot for special praise. Marlow's journey to the heart of darkness leads him to the edges of the map, the limits of experience, and the Introduction 13.
... Conrad Pays Tribute to Mark Twain” in which Conrad singled out The Mississippi Pilot for special praise. Marlow's journey to the heart of darkness leads him to the edges of the map, the limits of experience, and the Introduction 13.
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The Genealogy of the Myth of the Dark Continent | 43 |
From The Crime of the Congo | 89 |
Joseph Conrads First Cruise in the Nellie | 111 |
To the End of the Night | 125 |
The Typescript of The Heart of Darkness | 153 |
The Feast by Jsph Cnrd | 165 |
Conrads Impressionism | 169 |
Narratological Parallels in Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness and Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now | 183 |
The Exclusion of the Intended from Secret Sharing in Conrads Heart of Darkness | 197 |
The African Response | 219 |
Jungle Fever | 243 |
A Chat with Joseph Conrad | 267 |
Suggested Reading | 277 |
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