Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is not simply a critique of colonialism in the Congo; it is an examination of the human tendency toward self-endangering corruptibility. This collection of critical essays suggests it has taken on the power of myth.
Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is not simply a critique of colonialism in the Congo, but it is an examination of the human tendency toward self-endangering corruptibility. In this updated collection of critical essays, master literary scholar Harold Bloom suggests that this resonant work has taken on the power of myth. This study guide to "Heart of Darkness" also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). Polish born, learnt English from scratch when he arrived in Britain. Writings include: Heart of Darkness, The Secret Agent, Nostromo. Volume covers the period 1895 - 1993. Includes Conrad's responses to his critics.
Donovan's study is a wide-ranging analysis of Joseph Conrad's relation to Victorian and early twentieth century popular culture. Illustrated summaries of the development of specific popular cultural forms--songs, early cinema, magazines, advertising, and tourism--are used to underpin fresh readings of Conrad's central works. Drawing on an array of original primary materials, Donovan argues that popular culture exerted a significant influence on this major modern writer.
Homosexuality in the Life and Work of Joseph Conrad examines the representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism in Conrad's fiction. Drawing on the work of Geoffrey Galt Harpham, Robert Hodges, Wayne Koestenbaum, Christopher Lane, and others who have already begun unearthing and analyzing this subject, the author traces Conrad's representations of homosexuality and homoeroticism, beginning with the Malay works and ending with The Shadow Line. In Conrad's lifetime, homosexuals came under increasing scrutiny, definition, and censure; same-sex desire was an increasingly contested issue within popular, legal, and medical discourses. Conrad's fiction traces this interest, though most often in subterranean ways.
