Heart of darkness

complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives

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315 pages

English language

Published July 30, 1996 by Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.

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978-0-312-15901-6
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Written several years after Conrad's grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel tells the story of Marlow, a seaman who undertakes his own journey into the African jungle to find the tormented white trader Kurtz.

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reviewed Heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad (A Signet classic)

The greatest work of literature I've ever read

Also one of the most racist works of literature I've ever read. I wrote a whole paper about how it can and should still be appreciated as a work of art, while still being able to recognize it's main horrible flaw.

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Subjects

  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
  • Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
  • Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction
  • Trading posts -- Fiction
  • Degeneration -- Fiction
  • Imperialism -- Fiction
  • Africa -- Fiction