Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness : a casebook / edited by Gene M. Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Moore, Gene M., 1948-

Series:

Casebooks in criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.

Conrad, Joseph.

Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.

Psychological fiction, English.

Africa--In literature.

Africa.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279).

ISBN:

0195159950

0195159969

OCLC:

52159928