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Testimony on Trial : Conrad, James, and the Contest for Modernism /
Who is a more authoritative source of information - the person who experiences it firsthand, or a more 'impartial' authority? In the late nineteenth century, testimony became a common feature of literary works both fact and fiction. But with the rise of new journalism, the power of testimo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. 'Speech Was of No Use': Conrad and the Critical Abjection of Testimony
- 2. Theatre of Incursion and Unveiling I: Home
- 3. Overhearing Testimony: James in the Shadow of Sentimentalism
- 4. 'Abominable Confidence' from The Nigger of the ' Narcissus ' to Lord Jim : Toward a New Sympathetic Novel
- 5. Theatre of Incursion and Unveiling II: Empire
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index