{"product_id":"envisioning-africa-racism-and-imperialism-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-9780813191980","title":"Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor one hundred years, \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e has been among the most widely read and taught novels in the English language. Hailed as an incisive indictment of European imperialism in Africa upon its publication in 1899, more recently it has been repeatedly denounced as racist and imperialist. Peter Firchow counters these claims, and his carefully argued response allows the charges of Conrad's alleged bias to be evaluated as objectively as possible. He begins by contrasting the meanings of race, racism, and imperialism in Conrad's day to those of our own time. Firchow then argues that \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel rather than a sociological treatise; only in relation to its aesthetic significance can real social and intellectual-historical meaning be established. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEnvisioning Africa\u003c\/i\u003e responds in detail to negative interpretations of the novel by revealing what they distort, misconstrue, or fail to take into account. Firchow uses a framework of imagology to examine how national, ethnic, and racial images are portrayed in the text, differentiating the idea of a national stereotype from that of national character. He believes that what Conrad saw personally in Africa should not be confused with the Africa he describes in the novel; \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is instead an envisioning and a revisioning of Conrad's experiences in the medium of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Edgerly Firchow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813191980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Edgerly Firchow\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota, is the author of several books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and culture, including \u003ci\u003eThe End of Utopia: A Study of Aldous Huxley's \u003c\/i\u003eBrave New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43467015323763,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":53.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_99f91bd6-85dd-43a2-9a27-72bb34f55e41.jpg?v=1755001155","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/envisioning-africa-racism-and-imperialism-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-9780813191980","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}