Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrad’s Malay Fiction

Writing Malaysia

• Author(s): R. Hampson,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 248
• ISBN_10: 0230598005
  ISBN_13: 9780230598003
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Social Science / Sociology / General , Fiction / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... This is the first major study to bring together for examination all of Conrad's Malay fiction: the early novels, Almayer's Folly , An Outcast of the Islands , and Lord Jim ; the two later novels, Victory and The Rescue ; and various short stories, such as The Lagoon and Karain . The volume focuses on cross-cultural encounters, cultural identity and cultural dislocation, paying particular attention to issues of race and gender. He also situates Conrad's fiction in relation to earlier English accounts of South-East Asia.