240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Winner of the 2006 NSW Prize for Literary Scholarship.
The work of Joseph Conrad has been read so disparately that it is tempting to talk of many different Conrads. One lasting impression however, is that his colonial novels, which record encounters between Europe and Europe’s ‘Other’, are highly significant for the field of post-colonial studies.
Drawing on many years of research and a... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Introduction: The Conradian Moment Part 2: Locations 1. Conrad in the History of Ideas 2. Conrad in Literary History 3. Conrad in England 4. Conrad and Marxism 5. Conrad in the Postcolonial World Part 3: The Great Novels of Imperialism 6. Heart of Darkness History, Politics, Myth and Tragedy 7. Lord Jim Popular Culture and the Transmission of the Code 8. Nostromo The Anti-Heroics and Epic Failures of Empire 9. Victory (1) Valedictory to the Old Colonial Order 10. Victory (2) Postcolonial Conrad Epilogue: Conrad and the New World Order Bibliography Index
Biography
Collits, Terry
