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Zusatztext "An overview of the novel Heart of Darkness joins others in Continuum's ‘Character Studies' series and offers discussions of the narrative structure and narrators key to the text's reading. High school to college-level students of Conrad will find this a powerful exploration of the themes and ideas of this classic text, and a ‘must' for comprehensive study." -The Literary Shelf (Bookwatch), January 2009 Informationen zum Autor Allan Simmons is Reader in English Literature at St. Mary's College, London. He is the General Editor of The Conradian , journal of the Joseph Conrad Society UK, and his many publications on the life and works of Joseph Conrad include Joseph Conrad (Palgrave 2006) and Lord Jim (Penguin 2007). Vorwort A short, accessible introduction to Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness in the Continuum Reader's Guides series Zusammenfassung Reader's Guides provide a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Each guide also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. They provide up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guides to the most commonly studied classic texts. Joseph Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness (1902), is a key text in the development of modernism and one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. This guide provides an invaluable introduction to reading Conrad's Heart of Darkness and includes sections on its contexts, language and style, critical reception and literary and film adaptations, including Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and finally an annotated guide to further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contexts 2. Language, Style and Form 3. Reading Heart of Darkness 4. Critical Reception and Publishing History 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence 6. Guide to Further Reading Index ...
