Envisioning Africa : racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness
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Envisioning Africa : racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness
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- Envisioning Africa : racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness
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- racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness
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- Peter Edgerly Firchow
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- Afrique dans la littérature
- Conrad, Joseph
- Conrad, Joseph -- Heart of Darkness
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Conrad, Joseph; Heart of darkness -- Motiv (Literatur) | Rassismus
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- English literature -- African influences
- English literature -- African influences
- Heart of darkness
- Heart of darkness (Conrad)
- Heart of darkness (Conrad, Joseph)
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialisme
- Impérialisme dans la littérature
- Africa
- Literature
- Political fiction, English
- Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Politique-fiction anglaise -- Histoire et critique
- Race dans la littérature
- Race in literature
- Race in literature
- Racism in literature
- Racism in literature
- Racisme dans la littérature
- Rassendiscriminatie
- Rassismus
- Rassismus -- Motiv (Literatur) | Conrad, Joseph; Heart of darkness
- Zentralafrika <Motiv>
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Africa -- In literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For one hundred years, Heart of Darkness has been among the most widely read and taught novels in the English language. Hailed as an incisive indictment of European imperialism in Africa upon its publication in 1899, more recently it has been repeatedly denounced as racist and imperialist. Peter Firchow counters these claims, and his carefully argued response allows the charges of Conrad's alleged bias to be evaluated as objectively as possible. He begins by contrasting the meanings of race, racism, and imperialism in Conrad's day to those of our own time. Firchow then argues that Heart of D
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- Illustrations
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- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- Literary form
- non fiction
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