The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory from Conrad to Greene / Julia Rawa

Public ISBD Titre : The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory from Conrad to Greene Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Julia Rawa, Auteur Editeur : new yourk : Archives Contemporaines Année de publication : 2013 Importance : 165 p. Format : 152 x 229 mm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-415-86723-8 Langues : Français (fre) Langues originales : Français (fre) Index. décimale : 823 Fiction Résumé : The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory explores relationships between narrative and imperium in the context of Western Modernism by examining the Quest as a vexed trope in Heart of Darkness, Passage to India, The Sheltering Sky, and The Quiet American. The book takes stock of twentieth century theory regarding the Quest--as archetype, trope, and construct, considers the dominant expression and the imperial organization of this trope in Western culture and iconography from the Dark Ages to the Age of Empire, explores the ways in which this trope both lingers and changes in the context of Western Modernism, and finally gauges its permutations in Modern discourse. The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory's central claim is that the Modern novel simultaneously reinscribes and subverts Western and imperial manifestations of the Quest. Heart of Darkness, Passage to India, The Sheltering Sky, and The Quiet American are remarkably Modern and subversive narratives. They participate in the revolutionary projects of early and high Modernism and are often in marked opposition to imperial praxis. The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory from Conrad to Greene [texte imprimé] / Julia Rawa, Auteur . - new yourk : Archives Contemporaines, 2013 . - 165 p. ; 152 x 229 mm. ISBN : 978-0-415-86723-8 Langues : Français (fre) Langues originales : Français (fre) Index. décimale : 823 Fiction Résumé : The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory explores relationships between narrative and imperium in the context of Western Modernism by examining the Quest as a vexed trope in Heart of Darkness, Passage to India, The Sheltering Sky, and The Quiet American. The book takes stock of twentieth century theory regarding the Quest--as archetype, trope, and construct, considers the dominant expression and the imperial organization of this trope in Western culture and iconography from the Dark Ages to the Age of Empire, explores the ways in which this trope both lingers and changes in the context of Western Modernism, and finally gauges its permutations in Modern discourse. The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory's central claim is that the Modern novel simultaneously reinscribes and subverts Western and imperial manifestations of the Quest. Heart of Darkness, Passage to India, The Sheltering Sky, and The Quiet American are remarkably Modern and subversive narratives. They participate in the revolutionary projects of early and high Modernism and are often in marked opposition to imperial praxis.

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