Sexuality and the Erotic in the Fiction of Joseph ConradAwarded third place for The Adam Gillon Book Award in Conrad Studies 2009 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 8
... Lena's existence and has deduced that Ricardo is interested in her , observes Ricardo seated on the floor in Heyst's bungalow , at some distance from the seated Lena just before he compares himself and Ricardo to Acis and Polyphemus ...
... Lena . Mr Jones and Axel Heyst have just seen Heyst's mistress Lena , dressed in black and sitting in the light of eight candle- flames . Mr Jones's servant and fellow criminal Ricardo is sitting on the floor at some distance from Lena ...
... Lena , or we are supposed to wonder whether Ricardo is literally kissing Lena's shoes or feet . If the second of these alternative possibilities seems unlikely , it can be supported by other elements in the text . Following Mr Jones's ...
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 | |
3 other sections not shown