| Description |
1 online resource (163 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: 'Heart of Darkness' and Lord Jim; 1 'Heart of Darkness' and the Modern Quest; 2 Lord Jim: Other Words, Other Worlds; Part 2: Romance, Nostromo and Chance; 3 Anti-Philosophical Romance; 4 Nostromo: Not the Man; 5 Power, Gender and Laughter in Chance; Part 3: Victory, The Rescue and The Rover; 6 Victory: 'Damned Tricks' and Girls; 7 Theatre and Incomprehension in The Rescue; 8 The Rover: Reconciliation of Sorts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In the first critical study wholly devoted to Joseph Conrad's use of techniques associated with the literary tradition of romance, Katherine Isobel Baxter argues that Conrad's engagement with the genre invigorated his work throughout his career. Exploring the ways in which Conrad borrows from, alludes to, and subverts the tropes of romance, Baxter suggests that Conrad's ambivalent relationship with popular forms like the adventure novel is revealed in the way he uses romance conventions to disrupt narrative expectations and make visible ethical problems with Europe's colonial project. Baxter e |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Technique
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Knowledge -- Romances
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Knowledge -- Literary form
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| SUBJECT |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 fast |
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Conrad, Joseph. swd |
| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literary form
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Technique
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Romances
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Romance
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009033958 |
| ISBN |
9780754695950 |
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0754695956 |
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1282385348 |
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9781282385344 |
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1351154826 |
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9781351154826 |
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9786612385346 |
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6612385340 |
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1003063454 |
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9781003063452 |
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