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Envisioning Africa : racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness / Peter Edgerly Firchow.
Van Pelt Library PR6005.O4 H47645 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Firchow, Peter Edgerly, 1937-2008
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Political and social views.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- Political fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Political fiction, English.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Political and social views.
- Africa--In literature.
- Africa.
- Racism in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2000]
- Summary:
- For one hundred years Heart of Darkness has been among the most widely read and taught novels in the English language. Hailed as an incisive indictment of European imperialism in Africa upon its publication in 1899, in recent years it has been repeatedly denounced as racist and imperialist.
- Peter Firchow is the first to counter these claims. His rational, carefully argued response allows the charges of Conrad's alleged bias to be evaluated as objectively as possible. He begins by contrasting the meanings of race, racism, and imperialism in Conrad's day to those of our own time. He then responds in detail to negative interpretations of the novel by revealing what they distort, misconstrue, or fail to take into account.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813121280
- OCLC:
- 40715181
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