Awarded third place forĀ The Adam Gillon Book Award in Conrad Studies 2009
The book presents a sustained critique of the interlinked (and contradictory) views thatĀ 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 lacksĀ understanding of and interest in sexuality.Ā He argues thatĀ 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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Sexuality and the Erotic in the Fiction of Joseph Conrad
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A note on presentation
- Introduction
- 1. Closeted characters and cloistered critics in āIl Condeā, Lord Jim, The Shadow-Line, and Victory
- 2. The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands and Heart of Darkness
- 3. The erotics of cruelty in āA Smile of Fortuneā, āThe Planter of Malataā, The Secret Agent, Victory, and āFreya of the Seven Islesā
- 4. Voyeurism in The Shadow-Line and Under Western Eyes
- Conclusion ā and?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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