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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... interest its own inhabitants and those " patriots " seeking to use the impe- rialist interests for their own designs . Like Costaguana , Poland only intermittently interested West- ern powers , and such interest was never entirely ...
... interests and to the interests of the world , but to the interests of Colombia itself . These efforts have failed ; and Colombia , by her persistence in repulsing the advances that have been made , has forced us , for the sake of our ...
... interests of collective civilization . If ever a government could be said to have received a mandate from civilization to effect an object the ac- complishment of which was demanded in the interest of man- kind , the United States holds ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
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