Heart of darkness : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Joseph Conrad ; edited by Paul B. Armstrong.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.; Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-
2006
PR6005.O4 H4 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Heart of darkness : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Joseph Conrad ; edited by Paul B. Armstrong.
Author Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Edition 4th ed.
ISBN 9780393926361 (pbk.)
0393926362 (pbk.)
Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2006.
Language English
Description xix, 514 p. : ill., 1 map ; 22 cm.
Call Number PR6005.O4 H4 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 823/.912
Summary The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough's meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been re-punctuated in accordance with Conrad's style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow's voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous collection of maps and photographs that bring the Belgian Congo to life. Textual materials, topically arranged, address nineteenth-century views of imperialism and racism and include autobiographical writings by Conrad on his life in the Congo. New to the Fourth Edition is an excerpt from Adam Hochschild's recent book, King Leopold's Ghost, as well as writings on race by Hegel, Darwin, and Galton. "Criticism" includes a wealth of new materials, including nine contemporary reviews and assessments of Conrad and Heart of Darkness and twelve recent essays by Chinua Achebe, Peter Brooks, Daphne Erdinast-Vulcan, Edward Said, and Paul B. Armstrong, among others. Also new to this edition is a section of writings on the connections between Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now by Louis K. Greiff, Margot Norris, and Lynda J. Dryden. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-
Series Norton critical edition.
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Introduction
Text of heart of darkness
Backgrounds and contexts
Imperialism and the Congo
Nineteenth-century attitudes toward race
Conrad in the Congo
Author on Art and literature
Criticism
Contemporary responses
Essays on Criticism
Heart of darkness and apocalypse now
Chronology
Selected bibliography.

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