The Challenge of Bewilderment : Understanding and Representation in James, Conrad, and Ford / / Paul B. Armstrong.
The Challenge of Bewilderment treats the epistemology of representation in major works by Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and Ford Madox Ford, attempting to explain how the novel turned away from its traditional concern with realistic representation and toward self-consciousness about the relation betwe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 1987. ©1987. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 1987 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Bewilderment, Understanding, and Representation
- PART I. Jamesian Bewilderment: The Composing Powers of Consciousness
- PART II. Conradian Bewildennent: The Metaphysics of Belief
- PART III. Fordian Bewilderment: The Primacy of Unreflective Experience
- Epilogue: Bewilderment and Modern Fiction
- Index