What is it about?
The monograph explores various secrets relevant to Joseph Conrad's fiction: trade secrets, sexual secrets, urban secrets, medical secrets, naval secrets. It provides contexts for, and close readings of, a range of Conrad's works:, including the Malay novels, 'Heart of Darkness', The Inheritors, The Secret Agent, Chance, Victory and Under Western Eyes.
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Why is it important?
It approaches Conrad's texts with a detailed knowledge of their social, political and cultural contexts and then uses these to expose new meanings and significances.
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This page is a summary of: Conrad's Secrets, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1057/9781137264671.
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