Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness : A Casebook Paperback / softback
Edited by Gene M. (Senior Lecturer in English, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Amsterdam) Moore
Part of the Casebooks in Criticism series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 10 halftones & 1 map
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:25/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195159967
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 10 halftones & 1 map
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:25/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195159967
