Dryden.Ī Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. Also new to this edition is a section of writings on the connections between Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now by Louis K. "Criticism" includes a wealth of new materials, including nine contemporary reviews and assessments of Conrad and Heart of Darkness and twelve recent essays by Chinua Achebe, Peter Brooks, Daphne Erdinast-Vulcan, Edward Said, and Paul B. Heart of Darkness: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) ISBN 9780393955521 0393955524 by Conrad, Joseph. New to the Fourth Edition is an excerpt from Adam Hochschild’s recent book, King Leopold’s Ghost, as well as writings on race by Hegel, Darwin, and Galton. Textual materials, topically arranged, address nineteenth-century views of imperialism and racism and include autobiographical writings by Conrad on his life in the Congo. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous collection of maps and photographs that bring the Belgian Congo to life. It goes into the history, the thinking of the times, and has a number of literay reveiws. I would highly recommend getting this version over others if you are interested in getting the most comprehensive text. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow’s voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. Heart of Darkness: 0 (Norton Critical Editions): This book is amazing It has so much depth of content, hugely impressive. The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough’s meticulously re-edited text.Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad’s style.
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