Joseph Conrad : beyond culture and background
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Joseph Conrad : beyond culture and background
Macmillan Press, 1990
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 201-203
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written by the author of "Developing Countries in British Fiction" and "Images of the Raj", this book on Conrad studies "Heart of Darkness", "Nostromo", "The Secret Agent", "Under Western Eyes" and "Victory".
Table of Contents
- The Far East - from impetus to vision
- problems of authenticity - the face behind the veil
- "Heart of Darkness" - passage to more than Africa
- the merchant service - freedom through necessity
- "Nostromo" - the tentacles of "material interests"
- "the Secret Agent" - the seeds of evil
- "Under Western Eyes" - man's estate - existential absurdity or existential suffering
- "Victory" - the limitations of scepticism
- Conclusion - Conrad's milieux, personality and art.
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