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Yael Levin - Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels - 9781349376353 - V9781349376353
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Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels

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Description for Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349376353
SKU
V9781349376353
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About Yael Levin
YAEL LEVIN is Lecturer, Department of English, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Reviews for Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels
"This original, well-written, and carefully thought-out volume offers a valuable and original contribution as well as a worthy challenge to Conrad studies." - The Conradian "Levin s concept of the otherwise present -the continued and continual oscillation between absence and presence-proves to be immensely productive for the reader of Joseph Conrad s fiction. Her book gripped me ... Read more

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