Conrad's Marlow : narrative and death in 'Youth', Heart of darkness, Lord Jim and Chance / Paul Wake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wake, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Characters--Marlow.

Conrad, Joseph.

Marlow (Fictitious character).

Marlow.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 145 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reading Conrad's fiction alongside the work of Benjamin, Blanchot, Derrida, and Heidegger, and offering an investigation into the connection between narrative and death, this book argues that Marlow's essence is located in his liminality and that the emergence of meaning in his stories is at all points bound up with the process of his storytelling.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

A note on the texts

Preface

Introduction: Marlow, realism, hermeneutics

1. Marlow: 'Youth' and the oral tradition

2. Heart of Darkness and death

3. Lord Jim and the structures of suicide

4. Chance and the truth of literature

Epilogue: the sense of an ending

Bibliography

Notes:

Available through ManchesterHive.

MUP 2020 titles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2026).

ISBN:

9781847796745

1847796745

9781781701256

1781701253

9781847791979

1847791972

OCLC:

818847310