Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgments Annotation and Abbreviations CHAPTER 1. The Earlier Life: 1857-1894 i. 1857-1874: Poland ii. 1874-1878: France iii. 1878-1894: England iv. The Past as Prologue CHAPTER 2. Almayer's Folly i. Memories: Composition and Sources ii. Models: Exotic Romance, Naturalism, and Flaubert iii. Problems: Language, Narrative Method,and Characterisation CHAPTER 3. The Nigger of the "Narcissus" i. 1895-1897: Becoming an Author ii. The Preface iii. From Memory to Fiction iv. Solidarity in The Nigger of "Narcissus" v. The Affirmations of Retrospect CHAPTER 4. Heart Of Darkness i. 1897-1898: In the Doldrums ii. Sources: The Congo and Kurtz iii. Ideological Perspectives: Kurtz and the Fate of Victorian Progress iv. Critical Perspectives a. Impressionism b. Symbolism c. Marlow and Henry James v. The Tale a. To the Central Station b. Marlow and Kurtz c. The Lie and the Darkness CHAPTER 5. Lord Jim i. 1898-1900: The Pent and Ford ii. Composition and Sources iii. The Narrative Progress and Its Methods a. Marlow's Involvement: Delayed Decoding, Symbolic Deciphering and Thematic Apposition b. Marlow's Inquiry: The Roles of Time and Narrative Impressionism c. Patusan: Progression d'effet and Romantic Distance iv. Jim and Marlow a. The Rescue b. At Stein's c. The Friendship v. The Ending Epilogue Index
