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Joseph Conrad and the Intersection of Narrative, Epistemology, and Cosmology

By John G. Peters Copyright 2027

254 Pages

by Routledge

Description

This volume presents a comprehensive collection of critical essays on Joseph Conrad's works, developed over three decades of scholarly engagement. While addressing diverse aspects of Conrad's oeuvre, these studies are unified by a consistent methodological approach and thematic focus that distinguishes this collection from existing scholarship. Methodologically, this work employs an inductive... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Stein’s Collections: Order and Chaos in Lord Jim

2 The Opaque and the Clear: The White Fog Incident in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

3 Mirrors and Monies: Constructing and De-Constructing Revolution in Mariano Azuela’s Los de abajo and Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo

4 Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the World of Western Women

5 Joseph Conrad’s Literary Response to the First World War

6 “Let that Marlow talk”: Chance and the Narrative Problem of Marlow

7 Point of View in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the Ultimate Uncertainty of Knowledge

8 Joseph Conrad and the Epistemology of Space

9 The Space of Russia in Joseph Conrad’s Under Western Eyes

10 Environmental Imperialism in Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo

11 “Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss”: The Politics of Replication and Conrad’s Politics of Humanity

12 “I know that the sunlight can be made to lie”: Light and Dark in Heart of Darkness Revisited

13 Free Will or Determinism in Conrad’s Cosmos

Conclusion

Author(s)

Biography

John G. Peters is University Distinguished Research Professor of English at the University of North Texas.

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