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A wilderness of words : closure and disclosure in Conrad's short fiction

Title: A wilderness of words : closure and disclosure in Conrad's short fiction / Ted Billy.
Author: Billy, Theodore.
Publication: Lubbock, Tex., USA : Texas Tech University Press, ©1997.

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Description

xii, 282 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Beginning with a detailed discussion of Conrad's ambivalence toward the function of language and the meaning of fiction, Ted Billy explores the problematical sense of an ending in Conrad's tales and novellas."--BOOK JACKET. "Billy demonstrates that Conrad's endings, instead of reinforcing the meaning of the narrative or lending finality, actually provide a contrasting perspective that clashes with the narrative's general drift."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

short stories.
Short stories
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Short stories.
Nouvelles.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index.

Contents

Prelude: The Language of Fiction and the Fiction of Language -- 1. First Command. "Secret Sharer" "Falk" Shadow Line -- 2. Clash of Nebulous Ideas. "Youth" "Outpost of Progress" Heart of Darkness -- 3. Homo Ludicrous. "Smile of Fortune" "Typhoon" -- 4. On the Brink of a Disclosure. "Informer" "Karain" "Partner" "Inn of the Two Witches" -- 5. Despair and Red Herrings. "Planter of Malata" "Idiots" "Lagoon" "Return" -- 6. Accommodation with Chaos. "Because of the Dollars" "End of the Tether" "Il Conde" Coda: Conrad's Inscrutable Sense of an Ending.

ISBN

0896723895
9780896723894

LCCN

97024388

OCLC

ocm37109204
37109204
SCSB-14583990

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library