Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels

by Yael Levin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230609864
• ISBN13: 9780230609860
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"