Conrad, Language, and Narrative.
Title:
Conrad, Language, and Narrative.
Author:
Greaney, Michael.
ISBN:
9780511155260
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I Speech communities -- CHAPTER ONE 'The realm of living speech': Conrad and oral community -- CHAPTER TWO 'Murder by language': 'Falk' and Victory -- CHAPTER THREE 'Drawing-room voices': language and space in The Arrow of Gold -- PART II Marlow -- CHAPTER FOUR Modernist storytelling: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness' -- CHAPTER FIVE The scandals of Lord Jim -- CHAPTER SIX The gender of Chance -- PART III Political communities -- CHAPTER SEVEN Nostromo and anecdotal history -- CHAPTER EIGHT Linguistic dystopia: The Secret Agent -- CHAPTER NINE 'Gossip, tales, suspicions': language and paranoia in Under Western Eyes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- I. 'THE REALM OF LIVING SPEECH': CONRAD AND ORAL COMMUNITY -- 2. 'MURDER BY LANGUAGE': 'FALK' AND VICTORY -- 3. 'DRAWING-ROOM VOICES': LANGUAGE AND SPACE IN THE ARROW OF GOLD -- 4. MODERNIST STORYTELLING: 'YOUTH' AND 'HEART OF DARKNESS' -- 5. THE SCANDALS OF LORD JIM -- 6. THE GENDER OF CHANCE -- 7. NOSTROMO AND ANECDOTAL HISTORY -- 8. LINGUISTIC DYSTOPIA: THE SECRET AGENT -- 9. 'GOSSIP, TALES, SUSPICIONS': LANGUAGE AND PARANOIA IN UNDER WESTERN EYES -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Michael Greaney examines the place of language and narrative in the writings of Joseph Conrad.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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