R. Hampson

Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrad¿s Malay Fiction

Writing Malaysia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first major study to bring together for examination all of Conrad's Malay fiction: the early novels, Almayer's Folly , An Outcast of the Islands , and Lord Jim ; the two later novels, Victory and The Rescue ; and various short stories, such as The Lagoon and Karain . The volume focuses on cross-cultural encounters, cultural identity and cultural dislocation, paying particular attention to issues of race and gender. He also situates Conrad's fiction in relation to earlier English accounts of South-East Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-40319-6
• 1st ed. 2000
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781349403196
• ISBN-10: 1349403199
• Artikelnr.: 45582221

Autorenporträt

Robert Hampson is Reader of English Literature at Royal Halloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Problems of Historiography The Advancement of Learning The Inward Turn: Wallace and Clifford Cultural Diversity and Originary Identity: Almayer's Folly and An Outcast of the Islands Encountering the Other: Race and Gender in 'The Lagoon' and 'Karain' Speech and Writing in Lord Jim Absence and Presence in Victory Dialogue and Cross-dressing in The Rescue Homecoming Notes Index

Rezensionen

'Hampson's analysis of Conrad's five novels and two short stories set in the nineteenth-century Malay world is of an intimidatingly wide scope and impressive depth...[A] highly erudite and original literary critique for advanced students of Conrad's oeuvre, cultural studies, and English Literature.' - Carool Kersten