Testimony on Trial : : Conrad, James, and the Contest for Modernism / / Brian Artese.
Who is a more authoritative source of information - the person who experiences it firsthand, or a more 'impartial' authority? In the late nineteenth century, testimony became a common feature of literary works both fact and fiction. But with the rise of new journalism, the power of testimo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. 'Speech Was of No Use': Conrad and the Critical Abjection of Testimony
- 2. Theatre of Incursion and Unveiling I: Home
- 3. Overhearing Testimony: James in the Shadow of Sentimentalism
- 4. 'Abominable Confidence' from The Nigger of the ' Narcissus ' to Lord Jim : Toward a New Sympathetic Novel
- 5. Theatre of Incursion and Unveiling II: Empire
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index