The Resonance of Joseph Conrad in Contemporary Culture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adamowicz-Pośpiech, Agnieszka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Influence.

Conrad, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Innovatively bringing together scholars of various nationalities and communities, The Resonance of Joseph Conrad in Contemporary Culture seeks to provide a holistic assessment of the afterlife of Conrad's work, highlighting how his approach to questions of moral ambiguity and colonialism influence the cultural output of a modern, globalized world.

Contents:

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The Conrad Effect in Contemporary Culture

Part I Conrad: Biography and Translation

Chapter 1 After My Intellectual Biography of Joseph Conrad: Further Lines of Research

Chapter 2 Conrad's Echo in Anne Carson's Nay Rather: The Task of the Artist as Translator

Chapter 3 Jacek Dukaj Rewriting Heart of Darkness: Perspectives and Controversies

Part II Conrad and Film

Chapter 4 Conrad's Resonance in Chantal Akerman's La Folie Almayer: A 'Camera' of Echoes

Chapter 5 Descendants of Conrad's 'The Secret Sharer'

Chapter 6 Colonialism, Anticolonialism and Decolonization

Chapter 7 Testimony Is Resistance: An Afterlife of Conrad in African Apocalypse

Chapter 8 From Conrad to Horror Films

Part III Conrad and Contemporary Writers

Chapter 9 Joseph Conrad's Avatars: Modernism, Lord Jim and John Le Carré's Our Game

Chapter 10 Burgess' Cohabitation With Conrad

Chapter 11 The Resonance of Conrad in Portrayals of South Africa

Part IV Conrad Illustrated

Chapter 12 Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the French Revolution of 1789

Chapter 13 Illustrating Conrad: A Comprehensive Bibliography

Index of Countries

Index of Languages

Index of Narratives

Afterword

Index of Nonfictional Names

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-83695-153-1

1-83695-154-X

OCLC:

1534014940