Conrad's Marlow

Conrad's Marlow

by Wake, Paul

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Reading Conrad's fiction alongside the work of Benjamin, Blanchot, Derrida, & Heidegger, & offering an investigation into the connection between narrative & death, this book argues that Marlow's essence is located in his liminality & that the meaning in his stories is at all points bound up with the process of his storytelling.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Conrad's Marlow.

Summary

Reading Conrad's fiction alongside the work of Benjamin, Blanchot, Derrida, & Heidegger, & offering an investigation into the connection between narrative & death, this book argues that Marlow's essence is located in his liminality & that the meaning in his stories is at all points bound up with the process of his storytelling.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 145 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780719074905, 0719074908
  • oclc:ocn230182210
  • LC Classification:PR6005.O4
  • Dewey Decimal:823.912

Table of Contents

Introduction: Marlow, realism, hermeneutics -- Marlow: 'Youth' and the oral tradition -- Heart of darkness and death -- Lord Jim and the structures of suicide -- Chance and the truth of literature -- Epilogue: the sense of an ending.

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