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Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys /
Arguing that gender and difference are conceptual and performative, Schneider examines many of Conrad's best known fictions to show how his use of female allegorical imagery, oppositional narrative strategies and hybrid generic structures challenge late Victorian ideologic norms and goals.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Colección: | Studies in major literary authors ;
volume 26. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION Not Exactly Tales for Boys; CHAPTER ONE Iconography and the Feminine Ideal: Torches, Blindfolds, and the true light of femininity in Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Rescue, and The Return
- CHAPTER TWO Plots and Performance: Conrad's tricks with girls in Freya of the Seven Isles, Under Western Eyes, An Outcast of the Islands, and The Rescue.
- CHAPTER THREE Colonial Occupations: Race and Gender in ""An Outpost of Progress"" and The Nigger of the ""Narcissus""CHAPTER FOUR Politics in the House: Genre, Narrative, and the Domestic Drama in The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim; CODA Narrative, Femininity, Death; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.