Heart of darkness & selections from the Congo diary
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New York : Modern Library, 1999.
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037575377X, 9780375753770
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LC Subjects
Africa -- Fiction.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel.
Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Diaries.
Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Travel -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Degeneration -- Fiction.
Diaries.
Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Imperialism -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Trading posts -- Fiction.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel.
Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Diaries.
Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Travel -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Degeneration -- Fiction.
Diaries.
Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Imperialism -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Trading posts -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Modern Library, 1999.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
lii, 109 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
037575377X, 9780375753770
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With an Introduction by Caryl Phillips Commentary by H.L. Mencken, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Lionel Trilling, Chiua Achebe, and Philip Gourevitch "Heart of Darkness, " which appeared at the very beginning of our century, was a Cassandra cry announcing the end of Victorian Europe, on the verge of transforming itself into the Europe of violence, " wrote the critic Czeslaw Milosz. Originally published in 1902, Heart of Darkness remains one of this century's most enduring--and harrowing--works of fiction. 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. Rich in irony and spellbinding prose, Heart of Darkness is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity. This edition contains selections from Conrad's Congo Diary of 1890--the first notes, in effect, for the novel which was composed at the end of that decade. Virginia Woolf wrote of Conrad, "His books are full of moments of vision. They light up a whole character in a flash. . . . He could not write badly, one feels, to save his life."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Conrad, J. (1999). Heart of darkness & selections from the Congo diary (Modern Library paperback edition.). Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. 1999. Heart of Darkness & Selections From the Congo Diary. Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of Darkness & Selections From the Congo Diary Modern Library, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness & Selections From the Congo Diary Modern Library paperback edition., Modern Library, 1999.
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