Michael John Disanto, Under Conrad’s Eyes. The Novel as Criticism

Michael DiSanto’s approach is rooted in the conviction that Conradian criticism, “monopolized” by post-colonial studies (15), and discussions of Conrad’s modernity, has not sufficiently acknowledged Conrad’s indebtedness to nineteenth-century philosophers and novelists. It is thus to correct this i...

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Auteur principal: Pauly, Véronique
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2016
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Michael DiSanto’s approach is rooted in the conviction that Conradian criticism, “monopolized” by post-colonial studies (15), and discussions of Conrad’s modernity, has not sufficiently acknowledged Conrad’s indebtedness to nineteenth-century philosophers and novelists. It is thus to correct this imbalance that DiSanto focuses on Conrad’s novels as criticism and “rewriting” of the works of Carlyle, Dickens, George Eliot, Dostoevsky, Darwin and Nietzsche.The influence of Carlyle’s works on Co...