Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195159967)

Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's fictional account of a journey up the Congo river in 1890, raises important questions about colonialism and narrative theory. This casebook contains materials relevant to a deeper understanding of the origins and reception of this controversial text, including Conrad's own story "An Outpost of Progress," together with a little-known memoir by one of Conrad's oldest English friends, a brief history of the Congo Free State by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a parody of Conrad by Max Beerbohm. A wide range of theoretical approaches are also represented, examining Conrad's text in terms of cultural, historical, textual, stylistic, narratological, post-colonial, feminist, and reader-response criticism. The volume concludes with an interview in which Conrad compares his adventures on the Congo with Mark Twain's experiences as a Mississippi pilot.

Author: Gene M. Moore
ISBN-10: 0195159969
ISBN-13: 9780195159967
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d