Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebook

Moore (Curatore)

Oxford University Press Inc, 2004

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.

• Curatore: Moore
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Collana: Casebooks in Criticism
• Anno: 2004
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 140 x 216 mm
• Peso: 386 gr.
• EAN: 9780195159967

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