Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Joseph
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Annotation: "This is the best Norton Critical Edition yet! All my students have become intensely interested in reading Conrad--largely because of this excellent work." --Elise F. Knapp, Western Connecticut State University
 
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Catalog Number: #6547267
Format: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Copyright Date: 2016
Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 09/02/16
ISBN: 0-393-26486-6
ISBN 13: 978-0-393-26486-9
Dewey: 823
Language: English
Word Count: 53,285
Reading Level: 9.0
Interest Level: 9+
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 9.0 / points: 10.0 / quiz: 8659 / grade: Upper Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:9.0 / points:10.0 / quiz:Q17315
Lexile: 970L
The story of the enigmatic Kurtz and his outpost in deepest Congo as told by Marlow's is an adventure story that examines the intent and effects of colonization. It remains one of the most controversial and profound writings of world literature.
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This Norton Critical Edition includes: - A newly edited text based on the first English book edition (1902), the last version to which Conrad is known to have actively contributed. "Textual History and Editing Principles" provides an overview of the textual controversies and ambiguities perpetually surrounding Heart of Darkness. - Background and source materials on colonialism and the Congo, nineteenth-century attitudes toward race, Conrad in the Congo, and Conrad on art and literature. - Fifteen illustrations. - Seven contemporary responses to the novella along with eighteen essays in criticism--ten of them new to the Fifth Edition, including an entirely new subsection on film adaptations of Heart of Darkness. - A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography.

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