Outposts of Progress: Joseph Conrad, Modernism and Post-Colonialism

by Jeremy Hawthorn

Taking Joseph Conrad's short story "An Outpost of Progress" as its catalyst, this volume of essays brings to light new and contradictory readings of Conrad's approach to Africa. Key scholars consider several topics, including the relationship between Conrad's works and Disgrace, a novel by South Africa's leading author J. M. Coetzee; the role of the reader in Conrad's narratives and the writing of Chinua Achebe; and postcolonial texts from Africa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1775820815
• ISBN13: 9781775820819
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Cape Town Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"