LEADER 03550nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910809955503321 005 20230912172419.0 010 $a1-282-85479-8 010 $a9786612854798 010 $a0-7735-6689-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773566897 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713589 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284315 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222579 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284315 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251700 035 $a(PQKB)10207471 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400531 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00200418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141557 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285479 035 $a(OCoLC)929121123 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z9j5ct 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400531 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330887 035 $a(DE-B1597)657787 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773566897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244578 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713589 100 $a19971208d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSolitude versus solidarity in the novels of Joseph Conrad$b[electronic resource] $epolitical and epistemological implications of narrative innovation /$fUrsula Lord 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d1998 215 $a358 p. ;$d24 cm 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-1670-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tHardy and Darwin -- $t"Heart of Darkness" -- $tLord Jim -- $tNostromo: Conrad and Human Alienation -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aUrsula Lord explores the manifestations in narrative structure of epistemological relativism, textual reflexivity, and political inquiry, specifically Conrad's critique of colonialism and imperialism and his concern for the relationship between self and society. The tension between solitude and solidarity manifests itself as a soul divided against itself; an individual torn between engagement and detachment, idealism and cynicism; a dramatized narrator who himself embodies the contradictions between radical individualism and social cohesion; a society that professes the ideal of shared responsibility while isolating the individual guilty of betraying the illusion of cultural or professional solidarity. Conrad's complexity and ambiguity, his conflicting allegiances to the ideal of solidarity versus the terrible insight of unremitting solitude, his grappling with the dilemma of private versus shared meaning, are intrinsic to his political and philosophical thought. The metanarrative focus of Conrad's texts intensifies rather than diminishes their philosophical and political concerns. Formal experimentation and epistemological exploration inevitably entail ethical and social implications. Lord relates these issues with intellectual rigour to the dialectic of individual liberty and collective responsibility that lies at the core of the modern moral and political debate. 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 676 $a823/.912 700 $aLord$b Ursula$f1958-$01595808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809955503321 996 $aSolitude versus solidarity in the novels of Joseph Conrad$93916900 997 $aUNINA