03118nam 2200685 450 991081157020332120200520144314.00-8131-9198-X0-8131-4975-4(CKB)3710000000333858(EBL)1914976(SSID)ssj0001401906(PQKBManifestationID)12528474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401906(PQKBWorkID)11349812(PQKB)11084496(OCoLC)648577092(MdBmJHUP)muse43765(Au-PeEL)EBL1914976(CaPaEBR)ebr11011733(CaONFJC)MIL690720(OCoLC)900344350(MiAaPQ)EBC1914976(EXLCZ)99371000000033385820150205h20002000 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrEnvisioning Africa racism and imperialism in Conrad's Heart of darkness /Peter Edgerly FirchowLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2000.©20001 online resource (291 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59438-4 0-8131-2128-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Empire; 1. Envisioning Africa; 2. A Mere Animal in the Congo; 3. Envisioning Kurtz; 4. Imperial Sham and Reality in the Congo; 5. Unspeakable Rites and Speakable Rights; 6. E.J. Glave, Captain Rom, and the Making of Heart of Darkness; Conclusion: Exterminating All the Brutes; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index;For one hundred years, Heart of Darkness has been among the most widely read and taught novels in the English language. Hailed as an incisive indictment of European imperialism in Africa upon its publication in 1899, more recently it has been repeatedly denounced as racist and imperialist. Peter Firchow counters these claims, and his carefully argued response allows the charges of Conrad's alleged bias to be evaluated as objectively as possible. He begins by contrasting the meanings of race, racism, and imperialism in Conrad's day to those of our own time. Firchow then argues that Heart of DPolitical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismEnglish literatureAfrican influencesImperialism in literatureRacism in literatureRace in literatureAfricaIn literaturePolitical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.English literatureAfrican influences.Imperialism in literature.Racism in literature.Race in literature.823/.912Firchow Peter Edgerly1937-193255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811570203321Envisioning Africa3971702UNINA