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" Tracing the aesthetic principle in Conrad's novels / "
Yael Levin.
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BL
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Record Number
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1025938
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b780308
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Main Entry
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Levin, Yael,1975-
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Title & Author
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Tracing the aesthetic principle in Conrad's novels /\ Yael Levin.
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Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009, ©2008.
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Page. NO
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203 pages ;; 22 cm
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ISBN
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0230609864
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: 9780230609860
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
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Contents
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Introduction -- Seeing otherwise: from Almayer's Folly to Lord Jim -- A spectral temporality: the history of Nostromo as perpetual return -- Signifying absences in Under Western Eyes -- The Arrow Of Gold: an exercise in procuring absence -- To end with Suspense -- Conclusion.
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Abstract
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"Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels sets out to revolutionize our reading of Joseph Conrad's works and challenge the critical heritage that accompanies them. Levin identifies the emergence of an aesthetic principle in Conrad's novels and theorizes that principle through the concept of 'the otherwise present, ' which Levin defines as that which provokes desire and perpetuates it by barring its appeasement. This book offers a detailed analysis of Lord Jim, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes, The Arrow of Gold and Suspense, alongside a poststructuralist-inspired explication of Conrad's literary vision and its defining principle. This study is an important source for both the newcomers and the initiated to Conrad's oeuvre."--Jacket.
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Subject
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Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924-- Aesthetics.
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Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.
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Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.
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Conrad, Joseph.
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Subject
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Aesthetics.
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Subject
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Roman.
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Subject
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Roman.
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Dewey Classification
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823/.912
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LC Classification
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PR6005.O4Z76626 2009
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NLM classification
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HM 2335rvk
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