Title: A wilderness of words
First published: 1997
Description: Beginning with a detailed discussion of Conrad's ambivalence toward the function of language and the meaning of fiction, Ted Billy explores the problematical sense of an ending in Conrad's tales and novellas. Billy demonstrates that Conrad's endings, instead of reinforcing the meaning of the narrative or lending finality, actually provide a contrasting perspective that clashes with the narrative's general drift.
Subjects: Technique, Criticism and interpretation, Short story, Closure (Rhetoric), Fiction, Critique et interprétation, Conclusion (Littérature), Nouvelle, Einde (letterkunde), Conrad, joseph, 1857-1924, Fiction, technique
People: Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
LC classification: PR6005.O4 Z5629 1997