Heart of darkness

complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives

This book might be part of the Case studies in contemporary criticism series.

315 pages

Langue : English

Publié 30 juillet 1996 par Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.

ISBN :
978-0-312-15901-6
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Written several years after Conrad's grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel tells the story of Marlow, a seaman who undertakes his own journey into the African jungle to find the tormented white trader Kurtz.

115 éditions

Sujets

  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
  • Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
  • Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction
  • Trading posts -- Fiction
  • Degeneration -- Fiction
  • Imperialism -- Fiction
  • Africa -- Fiction