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The Challenge of Bewilderment : Understanding and Representation in James, Conrad, and Ford /

The Challenge of Bewilderment treats the epistemology of representation in major works by Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and Ford Madox Ford, attempting to explain how the novel turned away from its traditional concern with realistic representation and toward self-consciousness about the relation betwe...

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Hovedforfatter: Armstrong, Paul B., 1949-
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1987.
Serier:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Fag:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Ford, Ford Madox, > 1873-1939.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ford, Ford Madox, > 1873-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mimesis in literature.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
English fiction.
Theorie de la connaissance dans la litterature.
Mimêsis dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Preface / Paul B. Armstrong
  • Introduction : bewilderment, understanding, and representation
  • Part I. Jamesian bewilderment : the composing powers of consciousness
  • Interpretation and ambiguity in The sacred fount
  • Reality and/or interpretation in The ambassadors
  • Part II. Conradian bewilderment : the metaphysics of belief
  • Contingency, interpretation, and belief in Lord Jim
  • The ontology of society in Nostromo
  • Part III. Fordian bewilderment : the primacy of unreflective experience
  • Obscurity and reflection in The good soldier
  • Reification and resentment in Parade's End
  • Epilogue : bewilderment and modern fiction.

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