1. Contexts
2. Language, Style and Form
3. Reading Heart of Darkness
4. Critical Reception and Publishing History
5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence
6. Guide to Further Reading Index
A short, accessible introduction to Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness in the Continuum Reader's Guides series
ALLAN SIMMONS is Reader in English Literature at St. Mary's College, University of Surrey, UK.
"Allan Simmons then takes you straight into an analysis of the
story via his consideration of Conrad's use of English (which was
his third language) his narrator Marlow, and his use of the novella
as a literary form... ...A level students and undergraduates will
find his analyses of the details thought-provoking - and the
process should lead them towards the complexities of investigation
they might be making on their own behalf. At the same time, anyone
teaching the novella will find his approach useful...In the two
final chapters Simmons traces Conrad's reputation as a writer from
the publication of Heart of Darkness to the present, then he looks
at the adaptations - nearly ninety films and even a piano
concerto...There is still interpretive work to be done on many
aspects of Conrad - not least his attitude to women - but works
such as this help to provide the means whereby this work will be
done." - Roy Johnson, mantex.co.uk, 2007
"An overview of the novel Heart of Darkness joins others in
Continuum's ‘Character Studies' series and offers discussions of
the narrative structure and narrators key to the text's reading.
High school to college-level students of Conrad will find this a
powerful exploration of the themes and ideas of this classic text,
and a ‘must' for comprehensive study." -The Literary Shelf
(Bookwatch), January 2009
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