Conrad's Narratives of Difference: Not Exactly Tales for Boys

ISBN-13: 9780415762625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 1 str.

Lissa Schneider;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction: Not Exactly Tales for Boys  1. Iconography and the Feminine Ideal: Torches, Blindfolds, and the "true light of femininity" in Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Rescue, and "The Return"  2. 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  3. Colonial Occupations: Race and Gender in "An Outpost of Progress" and The Nigger of the "Narcissus"  4. Politics in the House: Genre, Narrative, and the Domestic Drama in The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim  Coda: Narrative, Femininity, Death

O autorze

Lissa Schneider-Rebozo is Associate Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity at University of Wisconsin, River Falls, USA.