Paul Wake

Conrad's Marlow

Narrative and death in 'Youth', Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Chance

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Produktbeschreibung

Conrad's Marlow offers a comprehensive account and critical analysis of one of Conrad's most celebrated creations, asking both who and what is Marlow: a character or a narrator, a biographer or an autobiographical screen, a messenger or an interpreter, a bearer of truth or a misguided liar?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781784992477
• ISBN-10: 178499247X
• Artikelnr.: 42786562

Autorenporträt

Paul Wake is a Reader in English Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Marlow, realism, hermeneutics 1. Marlow: 'Youth' and the oral
tradition 2. Heart of Darkness and death 3. Lord Jim and the structures of
suicide 4. Chance and the truth of literature Epilogue: the sense of an
ending Index