Joseph Conrad : heart of darkness

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Joseph Conrad : heart of darkness

edited by Nicolas Tredell

(Columbia critical guides / series editor, Richard Beynon)

Columbia University Press, c1998

  • : pbk

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Heart of darkness

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"First published in the Icon Critical Guides series in 1998 by Icon Books Ltd."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-186) and index

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ISBN 9780231119221

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This guide traces the critical history of Heart of Darkness , beginning with an introduction to Joseph Conrad's life and the growth of the book's reputation in the earliest part of the century. Tredell (American and English literature, Sussex U.) then examines four major readings from the 1960s whe
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: pbk ISBN 9780231119238

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Spanning an impressive range of interpretations, the critical works in this collection analyze the complex narrative technique of Heart Of Darkness while exploring its evocation of myth, philosophy, and politics, its attitudes to empire, its images of Africa, and its representations of women. Examining secondary sources from the 1900s to the 1990s, this Guide is an indispensable resource for the study of one of Conrad's most potent works.

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