166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory explores relationships between narrative and imperium in the context of Western Modernism by examining the Quest as a vexed trope in Heart of Darkness , Passage to India , The Sheltering Sky , and The Quiet American . The book takes stock of twentieth century theory regarding the Quest--as archetype, trope, and construct, considers the dominant... Read more
Modern Passages and Double Turns; Chapter 1 The Inexorable Quest: Archetype or Construct?; Chapter 2 The Imperial Quest and the Modern Quest; Chapter 3 Heart of Darkness: Double Turns in the Belgian Congo; Chapter 4 A Passage to India: Double Turns in Mosque, Cave, and Temple; Chapter 5 The Sheltering Sky: Double Turns and Tea in the Sahara; Chapter 6 The Quiet American: Double Turns in Cold War Saigon; Quest, Memory, and Contemporaneity;
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J. M. Rawa
