NostromoBroadview Press, 1997 M04 30 - 453 páginas Nostromo, first published in 1904, is arguably Conrad’s greatest and most complex novel. A compelling adventure story, it is also a novel of profound psychological insight and of powerful political implications. It tells the story of a Central American state whose silver mine serves both literally and metaphorically as the source of the country‘s value. Written at the time of the development of the Panama Canal, Nostromo is set in the imaginary province of Sulaco, which secedes from the federation of Costaguana in order to protect its natural resource, the silver mine. The parallels with the ‘revolution’ fomented in Panama by the United States in 1903 are striking; just as Panama seceded from Columbia to satisfy the material interests of the canal builders, so the secession of Sulaco serves the material interests of ‘the Gould concession.’ In this edition a variety of documents from the period (including material concerning American involvement in Central America in the early twentieth century, early critical notices, and family letters of Conrad’s) help to set the text in context. |
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... Costaguana would be of no interest to the West - or to anyone primarily concerned with transformation of a " backward region " into a national entity with a prosperous mate- rial culture . Without its mine , Costaguana would scarcely ...
... Costaguana and Sri Lanka today from the bullock carts to the fluid national set - up , politi- cally semi - patriotic , infiltrated economically and culturally by im- perial interests . " Goonetilleke remarks that he is especially taken ...
... Costaguana was made with diffi- culty to pay a beggarly money compensation to the families of the victims , and then the matter dropped out of diplomatic despatches . But afterwards another Government bethought itself of that valu- able ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
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