Conrad's shadow
Subtitle: catastrophe, mimesis, theory
By: Nidesh Lawtoo
Series: Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611862188; 9781609175030; 9781628952766; 9781628962765
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Ethics of catastrophe; title: Dueling to the end / ending 'The duel': Clausewitz avec Girard; title: Ethical storms: Typhoon to 'The secret sharer'; title: The cooperative community: epidemics in The shadow-line; title: Pt. 2. Anthropology of Frenzy; title: A picture of Europe: possession trance in Heart of darkness; title: A picture of Africa: postcolonial mimesis in Achebe's Things fall apart; title: Pt. 3. Metaphysics of tragedy; title: Surrealist mimetism: fear of the dark in The nigger of the 'Narcissus'; title: Rebirth of tragedy: Almayer's Folly to Apocalypse now; title: Hypermimesis: horrorism redux in The secret agent; title: Conclusion.