| Description |
xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
A Norton critical edition |
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Norton critical edition.
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| Contents |
The text of Heart of darkness -- Backgrounds and sources -- Criticism |
| Summary |
Marlow tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, who has used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the very heart of things. --publisher |
| Analysis |
11030 fiction in English 1900-1945 60030 texts |
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11030 fiction in English p1030 Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924 60030 critical studies |
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Conrad Joseph 1857-1924 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 263-267 |
| Subject |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
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Degeneration -- Fiction.
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Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction.
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Imperialism -- Fiction.
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Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Suffering -- Fiction.
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Trading posts -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101346
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Kimbrough, Robert, editor
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| LC no. |
78152308 |
| ISBN |
0393043479 |
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0393097730 (paperback) |
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