Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

Hunt Hawkins · Peter Edgerly Firchow

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Joseph Conrad and Literature American and British Literature Analysis Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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On publication in 1899 Heart of Darkness was hailed as an indictment of European imperialism. In recent years it has been denounced as racist and imperialist. Firchow counters these claims by contrasting the meanings of race and imperialism in Conrad's day to those of our own time.

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