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 29
... presented either overtly or implicitly as without a female partner or wife . Clearly the most striking example of this is Charles Marlow who , although sharing many details of his professional life with his creator Joseph Conrad , is ...
... presented in terms that shatter these neat oppositions . In the room in which Marlow waits for the Intended there is a ' tall marble fireplace ' that has ' a cold and monumental whiteness ' but there is also a grand piano ' with dark ...
... presented by the narrative as ' laid out in the likeness of funereal baked meats for Stevie's obsequies ' ( 190 ) . When Inspector Heat examines Stevie's fragmented remains his action is presented with grim irony by the narrative as ...
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