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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... human consciousness and felt alienation that distinguishes Con- rad's presentation of imperialism from even that of ... human existence . All over the world , from the continent of Africa to Central and South America , emerging nations ...
... humans and their world as one of " material interests . " Imperialism , we learn from Nostromo , is a criminal enterprise for reasons which transcend the political or even the ethical realms of human conduct . For imperialism transmits ...
... human emotion and human passion we shall see why it is that the artistic imperfections of some of his figures seem of curious- ly little importance . It is because with most writers the whole il- lusion of the scene in centred in their ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
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