The Shadow Line
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher:
Published: 1918
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13:
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The Shadow Lines
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2010-01-26
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0143066560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families -- one English, one Bengali -- as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
Conrad's Shadow
Author: Nidesh Lawtoo
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1628952768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern thought has often dismissed shadows as fictional, but what if fictions reveal original truths? Drawing on an anti-Platonic tradition in critical theory, Lawtoo adopts ethical, anthropological, and philosophical lenses to offer new readings of Joseph Conrad’s novels and the postcolonial and cinematic works that respond to his oeuvre. He argues that Conrad’s fascination with doubles urges readers to reflect on the two sides of mimesis: one side is dark and pathological, and involves the escalation of violence, contagious epidemics, and catastrophic storms; the other side is luminous and therapeutic, and promotes communal survival, postcolonial reconciliation, and plastic adaptations to changing environments. Once joined, the two sides reveal Conrad as an author whose Janus-faced fictions are powerfully relevant to our contemporary world of global violence and environmental crisis.
The Shadow-line
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780192801708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea captain's first command brings with it a succession of crises: his sea is becalmed, the crew laid low by fever, and his deranged first mate is convinced that the ship is haunted by the malignant spirit of a previous captain. This is indeed a work full of "sudden passions", in which Conrad is able to show how the full intensity of existence can be experienced by the man who, in the words of the older Captain Giles, is prepared to "stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience." A subtle and penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood, The Shadow-Line investigates varieties of masculinity and desire in a subtext that counters the tale's seemingly conventional surface.
Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography
Author: Edward W. Said
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008-01-08
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 023151154X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEdward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past. Using the author's personal letters as a guide to understanding his fiction, Said draws an important parallel between Conrad's view of his own life and the manner and form of his stories. The critic also argues that the author, who set his fiction in exotic locations like East Asia and Africa, projects political dimensions in his work that mirror a colonialist preoccupation with "civilizing" native peoples. Said then suggests that this dimension should be considered when reading all of Western literature. First published in 1966, Said's critique of the Western self's struggle with modernity signaled the beginnings of his groundbreaking work, Orientalism, and remains a cornerstone of postcolonial studies today.
Sea Stories
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781853267437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'.
The Shadowline
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Livraria Press
Published: 2024-05-09
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 398988882X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new edition of Joseph Conrad's classic existential novel The Shadowline from Livraria Press with an extensive Afterword and expanded reference materials including including a timeline, character list and discussion questions. The Shadow Line, Joseph Conrad’s 1917 novel, returns in a new edition that will captivate readers and challenge them to explore the human experience. The story follows a young captain’s journey on a merchant ship as he attempts to take control of his own destiny in the face of an unforgiving sea. Conrad invites readers to consider the power of inner resolve, morality, and the consequence of fate. Conrad's last masterpiece is filled with insight and psychological complexity.
Selected Works of Joseph Conrad
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781840220612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains the novels Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent, together with a selection of Conrad's superb short stories.
