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100 1 $aGriffith, John W.$q(John Wylie),$d1964-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94114496
245 10 $aJoseph Conrad and the anthropological dilemma :$b"bewildered traveller" /$cJohn W. Griffith.
260 $aOxford :$bClarendon ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1995.
263 $a9504
300 $aviii, 248 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aOxford English monographs
500 $aRev. of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Oxford University.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: 'Bewildered Traveller': The Anthropological Dilemma in Joseph Conrad's Fiction --$g1.$tTranscultural Identification: The Anthropological Dilemma in Heart of Darkness and Victorian Anthropology --$g2.$tCultural Immersion and Culture Shock in Conrad's Fiction --$g3.$t'Pioneers of Trade and Progress': Conrad's Civilization and its Discontents --$g4.$tThe Rise and Fall of Empires: Heart of Darkness and Historical Cycles in the Victorian Era --$g5.$t'Going Native', Coming Home: 'Decivilization' in Heart of Darkness and Conrad's Malaysian Novels --$g6.$tNordau's Degeneration and Lombroso's Atavism in Heart of Darkness and 'Falk' --$g7.$tAnthropology's Impact on Evolution and Ethics in the Victorian Era --$g8.$tTribes and Detribalization: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.
520 $aThis is the first detailed analysis of Conrad's early works in relation to nineteenth-century anthropology, Victorian travel writing, and contemporary anthropological theory.
520 8 $aConrad's early fiction originated as a response to his travels in so-called primitive cultures: Malaysia, Borneo, and the Congo. As a sensitive observer of other peoples and a notable emigre, he was profoundly aware of the psychological impact of travel, and much of his early fiction portrays both literal and figurative voyages of Europeans into other cultures.
520 8 $aBy situating Conrad's work in relation to other writings on 'primitive' peoples, John Griffith shows how his fiction draws on prominent anthropological and biological theories regarding the degenerative potential of contacts between European and other cultures. At the same time, however, Conrad's work reflected an anthropological dilemma: he constantly posed the question of how to bridge conceptual and cultural gaps between various peoples.
520 8 $aAs John Griffith demonstrates, this was a dilemma which coincided with a larger Victorian debate regarding the progression or retrogression of European civilization.
600 10 $aConrad, Joseph,$d1857-1924$xKnowledge and learning.
650 0 $aAnthropology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005581
650 0 $aTravel in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137162
650 0 $aPrimitive societies in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008648
650 0 $aAnthropology in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008390
650 0 $aTravelers in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008805
650 0 $aEthnology in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004080
650 0 $aCulture in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004506
830 0 $aOxford English monographs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42018398
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852 00 $bbar$hPR6005.O4$iZ736 1995