Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the “Narcissus,” first published in November, 1897, tells the
story of a merchant ship and its crew, menaced from within by the impending death of a …

THIS ESSAY'S STARTING POINT is the question of whether Conrad's portrayal of the
Plimsoll man in The Nigger of the" Narcissus" may be dismissed as irredeemably …

Conrad, as a novelist, not only endeavored to delve into human being's mental world and
innate nature, but also laid enormous stress on the form of fiction and the innovation of …

This essay explores the communitarian dynamics articulated in Joseph Conrad's The Nigger
of the “Narcissus” from the perspective of forced hospitality. The novel has been traditionally …

Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the'Narcissus', Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim are
narratives in which rumours play a crucial role. In The Nigger of the'Narcissus'(1897) Conrad …

" This book will argue the priority of the political interpretation of literary texts. It conceives of
the political perspective not as some sup plementary method, not as an optional auxiliary to …

In the 1914 preface to The Nigger of the" Narcissus", Conrad refers to Jimmy Wait as" merely
the centre of the ship's collective psychology and the pivot of the action," 1 a statement that …

If we assume that the" Preface" to The Nigger of the" Narcissus" is a reliable guide to
Conrad's intentions in framing the story, we must sort out two somewhat inconsistent …

Conrad wrote that The Nigger of the" Narcissus"" has certain qualities of art that make it a
thing apart." 1 He understood that its separateness lay in the expression of material …

concerns including Conrad's position as a modernist master, who is preoccupied with the
single and central consciousness of the subject and represents the world through its point of …