In Joseph Conrad's tales, representations of women and of feminine generic forms like the romance are often present in fugitive ways. Conrad's use of allegorical feminine imagery, fleet or deferred introductions of female characters, and hybrid generic structures that combine features of masculine tales of adventure and intrigue and feminine dramas of love or domesticity are among the subjects of this literary study. Many of Conrad's critics have argued that Conrad's fictions are aesthetically flawed by the inclusion of women and love plots; thus Thomas Moser has questioned why Conrad did not cut them out altogether. Yet a thematics of gender suffuses Conrad's narrative strategies. Even in tales that contain no significant female characters or obvious love plots, Conrad introduces elusive feminine presences, in relationships between men, as well as in men's relationships to their ship, the sea, a shore breeze, or even in the gendered embrace of death. This book investigates an identifiably feminine point of view which is present in fugitive ways throughout Conrad's canon. Conrad's narrative strategies are articulated through a language of sexual difference that provides the vocabulary and grammar for tales examining European class, racial, and gender paradigms to provide acute and, at times, equivocal investigations of femininity and difference.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415762625
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183124951
Product Key Features
Author
Lissa Schneider-Rebozo
Publication Name
Conrad's Narratives of Difference: Not Exactly Tales for Boys
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Zoology
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
249g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Lissa Schneider-Rebozo
Series Title
Studies in Major Literary Authors
Topic
Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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