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Work, inheritance, and deserts in Joseph Conrad's fiction

Title
Work, inheritance, and deserts in Joseph Conrad's fiction / Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan.
Author
Chan, Evelyn Tsz Yan, 1982-
Publication
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Inheritance and succession in literature
  • Work in literature
  • Deserts in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
Introduction -- "[T]he rightful due of a successful man" : Claiming Desert in Almayer's Folly and An Outcast of the Islands -- "A Manifestation of a Deep, Inborn Inherited Instinct": Instabilities of Self-Making in Lord Jim -- Nostromo's Great Expectations -- "[E]ntitled to Undisputed Success": Professional Being vs. Doing in The Secret Agent -- The Moral Work of Affirming Inheritances in Under Western Eyes and Victory.
ISBN
  • 9789811925849
  • 9811925844
LCCN
10.1007/978-981-19-2584-9
OCLC
om2087372773
Author
Chan, Evelyn Tsz Yan, 1982- author.
Title
Work, inheritance, and deserts in Joseph Conrad's fiction / Evelyn Tsz Yan Chan.
Publisher
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 23, 2022).
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