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Joseph Conrad and the anthropological dilemma : "bewildered traveller" / John W. Griffith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffith, John W., Author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford English monographs Joseph Conrad and the anthropological dilemma
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel in literature.
- Primitive man stereotype in literature.
- Anthropology in literature.
- Ethnology in literature.
- Culture in literature.
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Knowledge--Anthropology.
- Conrad, Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 248 p.).
- Other Title:
- Joseph Conrad and the anthropological dilemma
- Oxford English monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By situating Joseph Conard's work in relation to other writings on "primitive" peoples, this work attempts to show how Conrad's fiction draws on prominent anthropological and biological dilemmas. He constantly posed the question of how to bridge conceptual and cultural gaps between various peoples.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-07201-9
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