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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... close one's eyes to the glare , " said Mrs. Gould . " But , my dear Charley , it is impossible for me to close my eyes to our position ; to this awful ... " She raised her eyes and looked at her husband's face , from which all sign of ...
... close pursuit led by Montero's brother , the guerrillero . The game seemed in his own hands . The initial moves were the seizure of the cable tele- graph office and the securing of the Government steamer lying in the narrow creek which ...
... close to the reality of those days ( with respect to a moral diagnosis , of course ) as Joseph Conrad's books do , for all their seeming distance in time and place . There is another element that deserves to be noted . Vercors shows a ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
Derechos de autor | |
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