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  • © 1996

Heart of Darkness

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Part of the book series: Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism (CSICC)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Heart of Darkness: The Complete Text

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin
      Pages 17-95
  3. Heart of Darkness: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. A Critical History of Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin
      Pages 99-114
    3. Reader-Response Criticism and Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin, Peter J. Rabinowitz
      Pages 115-147
    4. Feminist and Gender Criticism and Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin, Johanna M. Smith
      Pages 148-184
    5. Deconstruction and Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin, J. Hillis Miller
      Pages 185-220
    6. The New Historicism and Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin, Brook Thomas
      Pages 221-257
    7. Cultural Criticism and Heart of Darkness

      • Ross C. Murfin, Patrick Brantlinger
      Pages 258-298
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 299-315

About this book

Now in its second edition, this popular case-study of Conrad's classic short novel reprints an authoritative text together with five essays (four of which are newly-commissioned or revised) written from a range of contemporary critical perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Miami, USA

    Ross C. Murfin

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