Title: Weary sons of Conrad : white fiction against the grain of Africa's dark heart /
Authors: Cooper, Brenda.
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Conrad, Joseph, Influence.; English fiction History and criticism; American fiction White authors History and criticism.; American fiction Male authors History and criticism; English fiction White authors History and criticism.; American fiction History and criticism; English fiction Male authors History and criticism.; Literature and society English-speaking countries.; Race in literature; Africa In literature.
Contents: pt. 1. Introduction. Sons of the circus: Orientalist and Africanist writing -- pt. 2. Sons as explorers. "The Niger remained a mystery": fetishes, bodies and books in T. Coraghessan Boyle's Water music ; The anti-quest and the migrating tale: Lawrence Norfolk's The Pope's rhinoceros (and Lemprière's Dictionary) -- pt. 3. Sons and apes. The battered boys of Rice Burroughs: Tarzan and Jane Goodall ; Chimp wars, guerrilla wars, and gender wars: William Boyd's Brazzaville Beach, Will Self's Great apes and Peter Hoeg's The woman and the ape -- pt. 4. Sons as gay. Secret sharing: the closet and the empire ; Out of the closet? Alan Hollinghurst's The swimming-pool library and Patrick Roscoe's The lost oasis -- pt. 5. Sons of the soil. Crossing the great desert void ; Hybrid landscapes: Adam Thorpe's Pieces of light -- pt. 6. Conclusion. Sons of the century.