Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Speech communities: 1. 'The realm of living speech': Conrad and oral community; 2. 'Murder by language': 'Falk' and Victory; 3. 'Drawing-room voices': language and space in The Arrow of Gold; Part II. Marlow: 4. Modernist storytelling: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness'; 5. The scandals of Lord Jim; 6. The gender of Chance; Part III. Political communities: 7. Nostromo and anecdotal history; 8. Linguistic dystopia: The Secret Agent; 9. 'Gossip, tales, suspicions': language and paranoia in Under Western Eyes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Michael Greaney examines the place of language and narrative in the writings of Joseph Conrad.

Reviews

"...challenges old assumptions and engages current controversies in revelatory and rich close readings." Andrea White, California State University at Dominguez Hills, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920

"...a valuable, original, and compellingly written study that will rapidly prove to be an indispensable volume of Conrad criticism." Studies in the Novel

"Given the impressive bibliography and the undeviating argument, this book may best be used as a supplement in teaching college students to read Conrad intelligently. Recommended." Choice