Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community: Strange Fraternity

by Kaoru Yamamoto

Overview

Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community uses Conrad's phrase 'strange fraternity' from The Rover as a starting point for an exploration of the concept of community in his writing, including his neglected vignettes and later stories. Drawing on the work of continental thinkers including Jacques Derrida, Jean Luc-Nancy and Hannah Arendt, Yamamoto offers original readings of Heart of Darkness, The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', The Rover and Suspense and the short stories “The Secret Sharer”, “The Warrior's Soul” and “The Duel”. Working at the intersection between literature and philosophy, this is a unique and interdisciplinary engagement with Conrad's work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474250023
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/20/2017
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kaoru Yamamoto is Associate Professor at the University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Rescuing the Singular Plurality: 'Who Comes After the Subject?'
Chapter Two: The Deaf Russian Finn in The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
Chapter Three: Marlow's Ear: Acoustic Penetration into the Heart of Darkness
Chapter Four: Hospitality in 'The Secret Sharer'
Chapter Five: (Dis)owning a Memory in 'The Secret Sharer'
Chapter Six: 'The Warrior's Soul' and the Question of 'Community'
Chapter Seven: Responding in a Duel: History as Responsibility in 'The Duel'
Chapter Eight:'Strange Fraternity' in The Rover
Chapter Nine: Toward a Possible 'Partage' of Memory: 'History' and 'Solidarity' in Suspense
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Rethinking Joseph Conrad's Concepts of Community is a significant addition to emerging scholarship on new ways of reading Conrad in the twenty-first century ... This is a bold book, a welcome contribution to the critical endeavour to prove Conrad's relevance today.
English

A bold and penetrating study of Conrad by a budding Japanese scholar fully abreast not only of Conrad scholarship but also of advances in literary theory and philosophy of art.
The Heythrop Journal

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