Sexuality and the Erotic in the Fiction of Joseph ConradAwarded third place for The Adam Gillon Book Award in Conrad Studies 2009 The book presents a sustained critique of the interlinked (and contradictory) views that the fiction of Joseph Conrad is largely innocent of any interest in or concern with sexuality and the erotic, and that when Conrad does attempt to depict sexual desire or erotic excitement then this results in bad writing. Jeremy Hawthorn argues for a revision of the view that Conrad lacks understanding of and interest in sexuality. He argues that the comprehensiveness of Conrad's vision does not exclude a concern with the sexual and the erotic, and that this concern is not with the sexual and the erotic as separate spheres of human life, but as elements dialectically related to those matters public and political that have always been recognized as central to Conrad's fictional achievement. The book will open Conrad's fiction to readings enriched by the insights of critics and theorists associated with Gender Studies and Post-colonialism. |
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... impotence ' ( 98 ) . Once again we can note the revealing presence of a central contradiction in the case being made . That critics still engage with Moser's thesis says something about its importance , but it has had unfortunate after ...
... impotent voyeurism . Picking up on a comment of Moser's that ' peeping is virtually a standard attribute of Conrad's “ bad ” characters ' , Meyer remarks that ' both voyeurism and exhibitionism are exceedingly common among Conrad's ...
... impotence , and masochism . This does not claim to be a comprehensive study of the erotic and sexual elements in Conrad's fiction . I have chosen not to write at any length on ' The Secret Sharer ' , partly because the homoerotic ...
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Contents
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2 The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands and Heart of Darkness | 61 |
3 The erotics of cruelty in A Smile of Fortune The Planter of Malata The Secret Agent Victory and Freya of the Seven Isles ... | 77 |
4 Voyeurism in The ShadowLine and Under Western Eyes | 131 |
Conclusion and? | 153 |
Notes | 159 |
Bibliography | 166 |
Index | 173 |