"Out of it": Conrad's fantasy world.("Joseph Conrad and the Anxiety of Knowledge")

Kurtz is the artist who tragically desires total freedom, while Marlow is the self-possessed craftsman who steps back from the truth to save himself for creation. Because Marlow, like his author, seeks survival above all, he shares the need for the saving illusion with the Intended, and women in gen...

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Published inPapers on Language & Literature Vol. 51; no. 2; p. 195
Main Author Giles, Jana M
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edwardsville Southern Illinois University 22.03.2015
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Subjects
British & Irish literature
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
English literature
Politics
Truth
Women
Russia
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Summary:Kurtz is the artist who tragically desires total freedom, while Marlow is the self-possessed craftsman who steps back from the truth to save himself for creation. Because Marlow, like his author, seeks survival above all, he shares the need for the saving illusion with the Intended, and women in general. [...]he implies a political quietism at the heart of Conrad's project:
ISSN:0031-1294