The Resource Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys, by Lissa Schneider
Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys, by Lissa Schneider
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The item Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys, by Lissa Schneider represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Massey University Library, University of New Zealand.
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- Summary
- Arguing that gender and difference are conceptual and performative, Schneider examines many of Conrad's best known fictions to show how his use of female allegorical imagery, oppositional narrative strategies and hybrid generic structures challenge late Victorian ideologic norms and goals
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half Title; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION Not Exactly Tales for Boys; CHAPTER ONE Iconography and the Feminine Ideal: Torches, Blindfolds, and the ""true light of femininity"" in Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Rescue, and ""The Return""; CHAPTER TWO Plots and Performance: Conrad's ""tricks with girls"" in ""Freya of the Seven Isles, "" Under Western Eyes, An Outcast of the Islands, and The Rescue
- CHAPTER THREE Colonial Occupations: Race and Gender in ""An Outpost of Progress"" and The Nigger of the ""Narcissus""CHAPTER FOUR Politics in the House: Genre, Narrative, and the Domestic Drama in The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim; CODA Narrative, Femininity, Death; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Isbn
- 9781136730726
- Label
- Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys
- Title
- Conrad's narratives of difference
- Title remainder
- not exactly tales for boys
- Statement of responsibility
- by Lissa Schneider
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Arguing that gender and difference are conceptual and performative, Schneider examines many of Conrad's best known fictions to show how his use of female allegorical imagery, oppositional narrative strategies and hybrid generic structures challenge late Victorian ideologic norms and goals
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schneider, Lissa
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies in major literary authors
- Series volume
- volume 26
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Conrad, Joseph
- Conrad, Joseph
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Literary form
- Difference (Psychology) in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Label
- Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys, by Lissa Schneider
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half Title; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION Not Exactly Tales for Boys; CHAPTER ONE Iconography and the Feminine Ideal: Torches, Blindfolds, and the ""true light of femininity"" in Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Rescue, and ""The Return""; CHAPTER TWO Plots and Performance: Conrad's ""tricks with girls"" in ""Freya of the Seven Isles, "" Under Western Eyes, An Outcast of the Islands, and The Rescue
- CHAPTER THREE Colonial Occupations: Race and Gender in ""An Outpost of Progress"" and The Nigger of the ""Narcissus""CHAPTER FOUR Politics in the House: Genre, Narrative, and the Domestic Drama in The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim; CODA Narrative, Femininity, Death; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn865578936
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781136730726
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865578936
- Label
- Conrad's narratives of difference : not exactly tales for boys, by Lissa Schneider
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
-
- Cover; Half Title; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION Not Exactly Tales for Boys; CHAPTER ONE Iconography and the Feminine Ideal: Torches, Blindfolds, and the ""true light of femininity"" in Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Rescue, and ""The Return""; CHAPTER TWO Plots and Performance: Conrad's ""tricks with girls"" in ""Freya of the Seven Isles, "" Under Western Eyes, An Outcast of the Islands, and The Rescue
- CHAPTER THREE Colonial Occupations: Race and Gender in ""An Outpost of Progress"" and The Nigger of the ""Narcissus""CHAPTER FOUR Politics in the House: Genre, Narrative, and the Domestic Drama in The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and Lord Jim; CODA Narrative, Femininity, Death; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn865578936
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (160 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781136730726
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865578936
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