Joseph Conrad : beyond culture and background

Author(s)

• Goonetilleke, D. C. R. A.

Bibliographic Information

Joseph Conrad : beyond culture and background

D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke

Macmillan Press, 1990

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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Details

• NCID: BA11729622
• ISBN:
  • 0333492951
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 208 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR6005.04Z/
  • UDC : 820-3
  • DC20 : 823.912
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924