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Joseph Conrad and the swan song of romance /
In the first critical study wholly devoted to Joseph Conrad's use of techniques associated with the literary tradition of romance, Katherine Isobel Baxter argues that Conrad's engagement with the genre invigorated his work throughout his career. Exploring the ways in which Conrad borrows f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the first critical study wholly devoted to Joseph Conrad's use of techniques associated with the literary tradition of romance, Katherine Isobel Baxter argues that Conrad's engagement with the genre invigorated his work throughout his career. Exploring the ways in which Conrad borrows from, alludes to, and subverts the tropes of romance, Baxter suggests that Conrad's ambivalent relationship with popular forms like the adventure novel is revealed in the way he uses romance conventions to disrupt narrative expectations and make visible ethical problems with Europe's colonial project. Baxter e. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (163 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754695950 0754695956 1282385348 9781282385344 1351154826 9781351154826 9786612385346 6612385340 1003063454 9781003063452 |