Postcolonial Conrad

Paradoxes of Empire
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-35575-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

Winner of the 2006 NSW Prize for Literary Scholarship.

The work of Joseph Conrad has been read so disparately that it is tempting to talk of many different Conrads. One lasting impression however, is that his colonial novels, which record encounters between Europe and Europe’s ‘Other’, are highly significant for the field of post-colonial studies.

Drawing on many years of research and a rich body of criticism, Postcolonial Conrad not only presents fresh readings of his novels of imperialism, but also maps and analyzes the interpretative tradition they have generated. Terry Collits first examines the reception of the author’s work in terms of the history of ideas, literary criticism, traditions of ‘Englishness’, Marxism and post-colonialism, before re-reading Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo and Victory in greater depth.

Collits’ incisive and wide-ranging volume provides a much needed reconsideration of more than a century of criticism, discussing the many different perspectives born of constantly shifting contexts. Most importantly though, the book encourages and equips us for twenty-first criticism, where we must ask anew how we might read and understand these crucial and fascinating novels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collits, Terry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction: The Conradian MomentPart 2: Locations1. Conrad in the History of Ideas2. Conrad in Literary History3. Conrad in England4. Conrad and Marxism5. Conrad in the Postcolonial WorldPart 3: The Great Novels of Imperialism6. Heart of DarknessHistory, Politics, Myth and Tragedy7. Lord JimPopular Culture and the Transmission of the Code8. NostromoThe Anti-Heroics and Epic Failures of Empire9. Victory (1)Valedictory to the Old Colonial Order10. Victory (2)Postcolonial ConradEpilogue: Conrad and the New World OrderBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Collits, Terry