Conrad's 'Heart of darkness' and contemporary thought : revisiting the horror with Lacoue-Labarthe / edited by Nidesh Lawtoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lawtoo, Nidesh, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Conrad, Joseph.

Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe.

Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.

Psychological fiction, English.

Africa--In literature.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"With its innovative narrative structure and its controversial explorations of race, gender and empire, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a landmark of 20th century literature that continues to resonate to this day. This book brings together leading scholars to explore the full range of contemporary philosophical and critical responses to the text. Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Contemporary Thought includes the first publication in English of philosopher Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's essay, 'The Horror of the West', described by J. Hillis Miller as 'a major essay on Conrad's novel, one of the best ever written'. In the company of Lacoue-Labarthe, leading scholars explore new readings of Conrad's text from a full range of theoretical perspectives, including deconstructive, psychoanalytic, narratological and postcolonial approaches. Drawing on the very latest insights of contemporary thought, this is an essential study of one of the most important literary texts of the 20th century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Preface / Anne Luyat

Introduction: 'An Emotion of Thought' / Nidesh Lawtoo

Prologue: Revisiting 'Heart of Darkness Revisited' (in the Company of Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe) / J. Hillis Miller

Part I: Mythic Darkness. 1. Heart of Darkness Revisited / J. Hillis Miller ; 2. Modernism, Myth and Heart of Darkness / Michael Bell ; 3. Civilization and its Darkness / Jonathan Dollimore

Part II: Conrad avec Lacoue-Labarthe. 4. A Frame for 'The Horror of the West / Nidesh Lawtoo ; 5. The Horror of the West / Philippe Lacou-Labarthe ; 6. Philippe's Lessons of Darkness / Fran ois Warin

Part III: The Affect of Ideology. 7. "La lettre , Lacan, Lacoue-Labarthe: Heart of Darkness redux / Stephen Ross ; 8.The Voice of Darkness / Claude Maissonat ; 9. The Horror of Trauma: Mourning or melancholia in Heart of Darkness / Beth S. Ash

Part IV: The Echo of the Horror ; 10. Conrad's Dionysian Elegy / Henry Staten ; 11. Sounding the Hollow Heart of the West: X-Rays and the technique de la mort / Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère ; 12. The Horror of Mimesis: Echoing Lacoue-Labarthe / Nidesh Lawtoo

Postface: A talk with Avital Ronell (about Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe)

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4725-4301-7

1-283-85329-9

1-4411-0376-7

1-4411-2377-6

OCLC:

821178780