Heart of Darkness: Character StudiesBloomsbury Academic, 2008 M05 27 - 110 pages Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1899) is one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. It has provoked much critical debate, on issues such as fin de siècle doubt and pessimism, European colonialism, racism, and misogyny. Engaging with the novel's characters is crucial to understanding its complexity and its criticalhistory. |
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... reading of Heart of Darkness ; extracts reprinted in Conrad ( 2006 ) . Brooks , Peter ( 1992 ) , Reading for the Plot : Design and Intention in Narrative . Cambridge , MA : Harvard University Press . Chapter 9 , ' An Unreadable Report ...
... reading for anyone interested in the novel's struc- ture , the primary narrator , Marlow and Kurtz ; reprinted in Conrad ( 2006 ) . Dilworth , Thomas ( 1987 ) , ' Listeners and Lies in Heart of Darkness ' . Review of English Studies ...
... Reading for the Plot : Design and Intention in Narrative . Cambridge , MA : Harvard University Press . Burden , Robert ( 1991 ) , Heart of Darkness . Basingstoke : Macmillan . Carabine , Keith ( ed . ) ( 1992 ) , Joseph Conrad ...