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Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography - by Edward Said (Paperback)

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  • Edward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past.
  • About the Author: Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
  • 248 Pages
  • Literary Criticism,

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Edward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past. Using the author's personal letters as a guide to understanding his fiction, Said draws an important parallel between Conrad's view of his own life and the manner and form of his stories. The critic also argues that the author, who set his fiction in exotic locations like East Asia and Africa, projects political dimensions in his work that mirror a colonialist preoccupation with "civilizing" native peoples. Said then suggests that this dimension should be considered when reading all of Western literature. First published in 1966, Said's critique of the Western self's struggle with modernity signaled the beginnings of his groundbreaking work,

Orientalism, and remains a cornerstone of postcolonial studies today.



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"Said concentrates on what we may call Conrad's 'house of consciousness'- "how" that great mind perceived, what its internal complexities and contradictions were, how it turned the shapeless sufferings of the life into the containing constructs of art." -- "The Spectator"

"Said concentrates on what we may call Conrad's 'house of consciousness'- how that great mind perceived, what its internal complexities and contradictions were, how it turned the shapeless sufferings of the life into the containing constructs of art." -- The Spectator

"Said concentrates on what we may call Conrad's 'house of consciousness'- "how" that great mind perceived, what its internal complexities and contradictions were, how it turned the shapeless sufferings of the life into the containing constructs of art." -- "The Spectator"



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Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the music critic for the Nation and is the author of numerous books, including Music at the Limits, Musical Elaborations, Beginnings: Intention and Method, and Humanism and Democratic Criticism.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.13 Inches (H) x 5.64 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .61 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Literary Criticism
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Edward Said
Language: English
Street Date: January 8, 2008
TCIN: 90329918
UPC: 9780231140058
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-0974
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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