Joseph Conrad: Betrayal and Identity
Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betrayal in his fiction, this book traces the development of Conrad's conception of identity through the three phases of his career: the self in isolation, the self in society and the sexualised self. It
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Joseph Conrad: Betrayal and Identity Robert Hampson
Lecturer III £"81#61. Royal Holloway a"d Bedford New College U,dversltvof Lo"do"
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Robcrt Hampson 1992
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Ha ll1 pson , R. G. Joscph Conrad: bctrayal and idcntity/ Robcrt Hampson. p.cm. Incllldcs indcx. ISBN 978-0-312-07273-5 I.Colll 圳， Joscph ， 1857-192 4---Criticisrn and intcrprctalion. 1. Titlc pn6005.04Z74 187 1992 823'.912 dc20 91-37676 CIP
For Hans van Marie with respect and affection
Contents Acknowledgements
viii
1
Introduction 1
Two Prototypes of Betrayal: Almayer's Folly
2
The Unshared Ideal of Self: An Outcast of the
Islands
32
3
The Real Existence of Passions: The Sisters and 'The Rescuer'
67
4
The Brotherhood of the Sea: The Nigger o/the 'Narcissus', 'Heart of Darkness' and Lord Jim
101
5
The Betrayal of Land-entanglements: Nostromo and The Secret Agent
137
6
Independence and Community: Under Western Eyes and 'The Secret Sharer'
167
7
The Wisdom of the Heart: Chance and Victory
196
8
Initiation and Invention: The Rover and The Arrow
11
of Gold
251
Notes
282
Index
317
vii
Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge my debt of gratitude to the late Patrick Yarker, who guided the early years of my research on Conrad, and to Leonee Ormond, who supervised the completion of my doctoral thesis. I would like to thank Lindsay Badenoch, Mary Nyquist and, in particular, Gerlinde Roder-Bolton, who commented on earlier stages of some of these chapters. I would also like to thank Chandra Ghosh, Hans van Marie, Sibani Raycha
