Ellen Burton Harrington

Conrad's Sensational Heroines (eBook, PDF)

Gender and Representation in the Late Fiction of Joseph Conrad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a valuable contribution not only to Conrad and gender studies but to the ongoing critical discussion of Conrad's relation to contemporary culture

Fills a vital gap in the study of Joseph Conrad through an in-depth discussion of his female characters

Focuses on a broad range of Conrad's late fiction including The Secret Agent, Chance, Victory, The Arrow of Gold, The Rescue, and The Rover

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 173
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319632971
• Artikelnr.: 53058816

Autorenporträt

Ellen Burton Harrington is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Alabama. She has published previously on nineteenth-century sensation and detective fiction and the influence of these genres and criminal anthropology on the work of Joseph Conrad.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Conrad's Sensational Women.- 2 The Passionate Mother and the Contest for Authority: "The Idiots" and "Amy Foster".- 3 Pornography and Representations of Women: The Secret Agent and Victory.- 4 The Victorian Woman Suicide: "The Idiots," The Secret Agent, and Chance.- 5 The Fallen Woman and Sexuality as "their own weapon": Victory, "Because of the Dollars," and The Arrow of Gold.- 6 The Adulteress and the Confines of Marriage: "The Return" and The Rescue.- 7 The Embowered Woman as Enchanting Commodity: "A Smile of Fortune" and The Rover.- 8 Conclusion.

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