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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... knew a number of male homosexuals personally , including Roger Casement and Norman Douglas , and there is evidence ( firm in the case of Douglas ) that he knew of their homosexual behaviour ( which is not to say that he thought of them ...
... knew a number of homosexuals , and knew that some of these got on well with women his own wife Jessie included . Of Norman Douglas , for example , Jessie writes that ' His success with my sex was certain and assured ' ( 1935 , 97 ) ...
... knew that castles are not immune to being occupied by forces from outside . In like manner , work after work in Conrad's oeuvre demonstrates that relationships between men and women are not so much an escape from the harsh world outside ...
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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