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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... Decoud to become only too evident . Adrift , lonely , almost drowning , as Conrad described himself , he reminds us irre- sistibly of Decoud in his last days . Decoud's alienation and des- peration are uniquely related to history ...
Joseph Conrad Ruth Nadelhaft. does not so much reject Decoud , as Ray suggests , but rather allows Decoud to take to its limit the material scepticism that marks the deracinated Western intellectual caught in the relentless logic of the ...
... Decoud . The child did not move ; he saw her large eyes stare at him very dark from the corner . “ You're not afraid ... Decoud . " The English call him so , but that is no name either for man or beast , " said the girl , passing her ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
Derechos de autor | |
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