
Heart of Darkness
Broadview Press Ltd
2nd Edition
Published on 30. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
258 pages
978-1-55111-307-4 (ISBN)
Description
The story of Marlow travelling upriver in central Africa to find Kurtz, an ivory agent as consumed by the horror of human life as he is by physical illness, has long been considered a classic, and continues to be widely read and studied.
This edition, edited by one of the leading figures in 'the Conrad controversy,' includes an introduction and explanatory notes, as well as a fascinating variety of contemporary documents that help to set this extraordinary work in the context of the period from which it emerged. The introduction and bibliography have been updated, and two new appendices have been added; the second of these is a selection of Alice Harris's extraordinary but little-known photographs documenting the horrors of colonialism in turn-of-the-century Congo.
This edition, edited by one of the leading figures in 'the Conrad controversy,' includes an introduction and explanatory notes, as well as a fascinating variety of contemporary documents that help to set this extraordinary work in the context of the period from which it emerged. The introduction and bibliography have been updated, and two new appendices have been added; the second of these is a selection of Alice Harris's extraordinary but little-known photographs documenting the horrors of colonialism in turn-of-the-century Congo.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Peterborough
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps,ports.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55111-307-4 (9781551113074)
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Persons
D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke is a professor of English at the University of Kelanyia, Sri Lanka, and a former Chair of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. His other books include Joseph Conrad: Beyond Culture and Background (St. Martin's Press, 1991), and Salman Rushdie (St. Martin's Press, 1998).