Heart of Darkness
A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism
Joseph Conrad
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ISBN: | 9780312030261 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
Published: | 1 January, 1989 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Heart of Darkness
A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism
Joseph Conrad
A novella, Heart of Darkness is Joseph Conrad’s most famous work and a foundational text on the subject of colonialism. Heart of Darkness is based in part on a trip that Conrad took through modern-day Congo during his years as a sailor. He captained a ship that sailed down the Congo River. The story tells of Charles Marlow, an Englishman who took a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the myth behind colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters--the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the European's cruel treatment of the natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil.
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