Envisioning Africa : racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness /

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For one hundred years, Heart of Darkness has been among the most widely read and taught novels in the English language. Hailed as an incisive indictment of European imperialism in Africa upon its publication in 1899, more recently it has been repeatedly denounced as racist and imperialist. Peter Fir...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Firchow, Peter Edgerly, 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2000.
Subjects:
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. > Heart of darkness.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Pensée politique et sociale.
Conrad, Joseph > Heart of Darkness.
Conrad, Joseph; Heart of darkness > Motiv (Literatur) > Rassismus.
Conrad, Joseph.
Heart of darkness (Conrad, Joseph)
Heart of darkness.
Political fiction, English > History and criticism.
English literature > African influences.
Imperialism in literature.
Racism in literature.
Race in literature.
Politique-fiction anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Racisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Afrique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature.
Political fiction, English.
Rassismus > Motiv
Heart of darkness (Conrad)
Rassendiscriminatie.
Imperialisme.
Rassismus > Motiv (Literatur) > Conrad, Joseph; Heart of darkness.
Africa > In literature.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa.
Zentralafrika <Motiv>
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Envisioning Africa
  • A mere animal in the Congo
  • Envisioning Kurtz
  • Imperial sham and reality in the Congo
  • Unspeakable rites and speakable rights
  • E.J. Glave, Captain Rom, and the making of Heart of darkness.

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