{"product_id":"empire-and-pilgrimage-in-conrad-agata-szczeszak-brewer-9780813035390","title":"Empire and Pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce","description":"\"Original and significant. This book shows us how Conrad and Joyce manipulate representations of imperialist belief in the sacred to indict Western culture for its racist colonization. This striking reading of modernism emphasizes Conrad's and Joyce's use of chaos in general and pilgrimage in particular in terms of mapmaking, racial denigration, and strategies of power. Szczeszak-Brewer makes spectacular connections between sacred language, nation building, and literary representation.\"--Georgia Johnston, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Formation of Twentieth-Century Queer Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e Though they were born a generation apart, Joseph Conrad and James Joyce shared similar life experiences and similar literary preoccupations. Both left their home countries at a relatively young age and remained lifelong expatriates. \u003ci\u003eEmpire and Pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh look at these two modernist writers, revealing how their rejection of organized religion and the colonial presence in their native countries allowed them to destabilize traditional notions of power, colonialism, and individual freedom in their texts. Throughout, Agata Szczeszak-Brewer ably demonstrates the ways in which these authors grapple with the same issues--the grand narrative, paralysis, hegemonic practices, the individual's pilgrimage toward unencumbered self-definition--within the rigid bounds of imperial ideologies and myths. The result is an engaging and enlightening investigation of the writings of Conrad and Joyce and of the larger literary movement to which they belonged. Agata Szczeszak-Brewer is assistant professor of English at Wabash College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agata Szczeszak-Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813035392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813035390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 260","brand":"Agata Szczeszak-Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013795229951,"sku":"9780813035390","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb705f63-d18e-4663-b0be-48c352f5c447.jpg?v=1767744818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empire-and-pilgrimage-in-conrad-agata-szczeszak-brewer-9780813035390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}