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... Conrad's furthest exploration of evil is his short story , Heart of Darkness ( 1902 ) , which describes a voyage up the Congo into the heart of Africa closely resembling a jour- ney Conrad had made . The heart of darkness of the title ...
... Conrad's furthest exploration of evil is his short story , Heart of Darkness ( 1902 ) , which describes a voyage up the Congo into the heart of Africa closely resembling a jour- ney Conrad had made . The heart of darkness of the title ...
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... Conrad is a psychological novelist . He is not ; he is a moral- ist , not a psychologist . But how point the moral without at the same time abandoning the objectivity to which he was committed as an artist ? He does so in more than one ...
... Conrad is a psychological novelist . He is not ; he is a moral- ist , not a psychologist . But how point the moral without at the same time abandoning the objectivity to which he was committed as an artist ? He does so in more than one ...
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... Conrad interprets his characters . We see them , therefore , from an acute angle of vision ; they live intensely , but within relatively narrow limits . In the context of the novel , however , these limits do not diminish the impression ...
... Conrad interprets his characters . We see them , therefore , from an acute angle of vision ; they live intensely , but within relatively narrow limits . In the context of the novel , however , these limits do not diminish the impression ...
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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