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 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349376353
• ISBN13: 9781349376353
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"