Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels

Levin, Y.

Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad s Novels sets out to revolutionize our reading of Joseph Conrad s works and challenge the critical heritage that accompanies them. Levin identifies the emergence of an aesthetic principle in Conrad s novels and theorizes that principle through the concept of the otherwise present, which Levin defines as that which provokes desire and perpetuates it by barring its appeasement. This book offers a detailed analysis of Lord Jim, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes, The Arrow of Gold and Suspense, alongside a poststructuralist-inspired explication of Conrad s literary vision and its defining principle. This study is an important source for both the newcomers and the initiated to Conrad s oeuvre.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-03-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230609860

DOI: 10.1057/9780230615793

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 203