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Author Szczeszak-Brewer, Agata.

Title Empire and pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce / Agata Szczeszak-Brewer ; foreword by Sebastian D.G. Knowles.

Publication Info. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2011]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Florida James Joyce series
Florida James Joyce series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Cosmogony and colonialism: charting non-places -- False gods of imperialism in Conrad -- "A free lay church in a free lay state": from the cosmogonic discourse to sacred secularism in Joyce's imagined community -- Tenuous itineraries -- "Circles, circles, circles": Conrad's pilgrimage -- Teleology without a telos: constitutive absence in Joyce's pilgrimage.
Summary Empire and Pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce offers a fresh look at these two modernist writers, revealing how their rejection of organized religion and the colonial presence in their native countries allowed them to destabilize traditional notions of power, colonialism, and individual freedom in their texts.
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Subject Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Szczeszak-Brewer, Agata. Empire and pilgrimage in Conrad and Joyce. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011 9780813035390 (DLC) 2010020782 (OCoLC)567162448
ISBN 9780813036625 (electronic book)
0813036623 (electronic book)
9780813035390
0813035392