Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrad's Malay Fiction

By Robert Hampson

Book Overview

This is the first major study to bring together for examination all of Conrad's Malay fiction: the early novels, Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, and Lord Jim; the two later novels, Victory and The Rescue; and various short stories, such as The Lagoon and Karain . The volume focuses on cross-cultural encounters, cultural identity and cultural dislocation, paying particular attention to issues of race and gender. He also situates Conrad's fiction in relation to earlier English accounts of South-East Asia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349403199
• ISBN13: 9781349403196
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"