Conrad's shadow: catastrophe, mimesis, theory
Lawtoo offers new readings of Joseph Conrad's novels and the postcolonial and cinematic works that respond to his oeuvre. Lawtoo argues that Conrad's fascination with doubles urges readers to reflect on the two sides of mimesis, that once joined, reveal Conrad's Janus-faced fictions a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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East Lansing
Michigan State University Press
[2016]
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| Dans: | Année: 2016 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Lawtoo, Nidesh, Conrad's shadow : catastrophe, mimesis, theory] (2018) (Howles, Timothy)
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| Collection/Revue: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Conrad, Joseph 1857-1924
/ Œuvre
/ Interprétation
B Mimésis B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Criticism and interpretation
B Conrad, Joseph B Criticism, interpretation, etc B LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Lawtoo offers new readings of Joseph Conrad's novels and the postcolonial and cinematic works that respond to his oeuvre. Lawtoo argues that Conrad's fascination with doubles urges readers to reflect on the two sides of mimesis, that once joined, reveal Conrad's Janus-faced fictions as powerfully relevant to our contemporary world of global violence and environmental crisis pt. 1. Ethics of catastrophe -- Dueling to the end / ending 'The duel': Clausewitz avec Girard -- Ethical storms: Typhoon to 'The secret sharer' -- The cooperative community: epidemics in The shadow-line -- pt. 2. Anthropology of Frenzy -- A picture of Europe: possession trance in Heart of darkness -- A picture of Africa: postcolonial mimesis in Achebe's Things fall apart -- pt. 3. Metaphysics of tragedy -- Surrealist mimetism: fear of the dark in The nigger of the 'Narcissus' -- Rebirth of tragedy: Almayer's Folly to Apocalypse now -- Hypermimesis: horrorism redux in The secret agent -- Conclusion. |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (xlvi, 420 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1-60917-503-4 978-1-60917-503-0 |
