Sexuality and the Erotic in the Fiction of Joseph ConradAwarded third place for The Adam Gillon Book Award in Conrad Studies 2009 |
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... final scene calls to mind Conrad's emphasis on the celebrated Resting Hermes ' at the outset of the story . This sculptural allusion is intriguing ( literally Hermes means ' he of the stone heap ' ) since Hermes traditionally is ...
... final pair of oppositions is especially interesting ; both suggest exactly that form of open pretending or mimicking in which contradictions are compressed and by means of which a companion is invited to play - act . - All this takes us ...
... final paragraph of this chapter Marlow notes that : He was white from head to foot , and remained persistently visible with the stronghold of the night at his back , the sea at his feet , the opportunity by his side - still veiled ...
Contents
Lord Jim The ShadowLine and Victory | 17 |
The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands | 61 |
The erotics of cruelty in A Smile of Fortune | 77 |
Copyright | |
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