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Best known as the author of Heart of Darkness , Joseph Conrad
(1857-1924) is one of the most widely taught writers in the English
language. Conrad's work has taken on a new importance in the
dawning of the 21st century: in the wake of September 11 many
cultural commentators returned to his novel The Secret Agent to
discuss the roots of terrorism, and the overarching theme of
colonialism in much of his work has positioned his writing as
central to not only literature scholars, but also to postcolonial
and cultural studies scholars and, more recently, to scholars
interested in globalization. Reading Conrad Now is a collection of
original essays by leading Conrad scholars that rereads Conrad in
light of his representations of post-colonialism, of empire,
imperialism, and of modernism and modernity-questions that are once
again relevant today. The collection is framed by an introduction
by J. Hillis Miller-one of the most important literary critics
today-and a concluding extensive interview with Edward Said (one of
his final interviews before his death on September 25, 2003)- the
most prominent postcolonial critic-addressing his lifelong
fascination with Conrad. Reading Conrad Now will be essential
reading for anyone seeking a contemporary introduction to this
great writer, and will be of great interest to scholars working
with Conrad in a variety of fields including literary studies,
cultural studies, ethnic and area studies, and postcolonial
studies.
Best known as the author of Heart of Darkness , Joseph Conrad
(1857-1924) is one of the most widely taught writers in the English
language. Conrad's work has taken on a new importance in the
dawning of the 21st century: in the wake of September 11 many
cultural commentators returned to his novel The Secret Agent to
discuss the roots of terrorism, and the overarching theme of
colonialism in much of his work has positioned his writing as
central to not only literature scholars, but also to postcolonial
and cultural studies scholars and, more recently, to scholars
interested in globalization. Reading Conrad Now is a collection of
original essays by leading Conrad scholars that rereads Conrad in
light of his representations of post-colonialism, of empire,
imperialism, and of modernism and modernity-questions that are once
again relevant today. The collection is framed by an introduction
by J. Hillis Miller-one of the most important literary critics
today-and a concluding extensive interview with Edward Said (one of
his final interviews before his death on September 25, 2003)- the
most prominent postcolonial critic-addressing his lifelong
fascination with Conrad. Reading Conrad Now will be essential
reading for anyone seeking a contemporary introduction to this
great writer, and will be of great interest to scholars working
with Conrad in a variety of fields including literary studies,
cultural studies, ethnic and area studies, and postcolonial
studies.
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A World Without Fear (Paperback)
Joel Edward Fleiss; Edited by Chuck Nelson, Andrea White
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R482
R400
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With references to his work appearing everywhere from the ""New
Yorker"" to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the
twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. And yet
it may be that an abundant scholarship has pigeonholed Conrad as an
early modernist. Tom Henthorne counters that Conrads work can be
best understood in relation to that of such early twentieth-century
writers as S. K. Ghosh and Solomon Plaatje postcolonialists who
developed innovative ways of cloaking their anti-imperialism when
working with British publishers. In ""Almayer's Folly"", ""An
Outcast of the Islands"", and his first short stories, Conrad
attacks imperialism overtly. Yet as he began to work with more
conservative publishers to acquire a larger, imperial audience, he
developed a Trojan Horse strategy, deliberately obfuscating his
radical politics through his use of multiple narrators, irony, free
indirect discourse, and other devices that are now associated with
modernism. Sensitive to the breadth of his prospective audience,
Henthorne offers an engaging and accessible analysis of Conrads
canon, from the early novels and short stories to the major works,
including ""The Nigger of the Narcissus"", ""Heart of Darkness"",
""Lord Jim"", and ""Nostromo"". He also considers critical
responses to Conrad and the influence Conrad has had upon modernist
and postcolonial writers.
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Stealing Hope (Paperback)
Faith Fisher; Andrea White, David E. Temple
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R471
Discovery Miles 4 710
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Mathesons have always been the cornerstone of the Mission
Grove, North Carolina community. Deep wounds start to blur that
idyllic image of the preacher's family, when they can no longer
hide the pain of past events. Their story is an adventure that
casts its hooks in several engaging directions at once, eventually
reeling us back in-to the core of the family. They chase after
hope, but must first come face to face with the very things that
threaten to destroy it. Family secrets must be brought into the
light. Dangerous missions must be carried out and fears overcome.
Thinking must be challenged. People must evolve. And the Mathesons
will do it with both faith and a sense of humor... no matter how
much it hurts. Stealing Hope. Laugh, heal and hope with us.
Nineteenth-century adventure fiction relating to the British empire
usually served to promote, celebrate and justify the imperial
project, asserting the essential and privileging difference between
'us' and 'them', colonizing and colonized. Andrea White's study
opens with an examination of popular exploration literature in
relation to later adventure stories, showing how a shared view of
the white man in the tropics authorized the European intrusion into
other lands. She then sets the fiction of Joseph Conrad in this
context, showing how Conrad in fact demythologized and disrupted
the imperial subject constructed in earlier writing, by
simultaneously - with the modernist's double vision - admiring
man's capacity to dream but applauding the desire to condemn many
of its consequences. She argues that the very complexity of
Conrad's work provided an alternative, and more critical, means of
evaluating the experience of empire.
Nineteenth-century adventure fiction relating to the British empire served to promote, celebrate, and justify the imperial project, asserting the essential and privileging difference between "us" and "them," colonizer and colonized. Andrea White's study examines popular travel literature in relation to later adventure stories, and sets the fiction of Joseph Conrad in this context, showing how Conrad demythologized the imperial subject constructed in earlier writing. She argues that the very complexity of Conrad's work provided an alternative, more critical means of evaluating the experience of empire.
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