Publisher's Synopsis
1. Introduction 2. Heart of Darkness The Story Outline 3. Contexts [i] The Historical Background [ii] The Autobiographical Background 4. Detailed Critical Analysis of the Title and the Text [i] Part One [ii] Part Two [iii] Part Three 5. Issues [i] Critique of Colonialism [ii] Levels of Journey [iii] Forms of Darkness [iv] Image of Africa [v] Narrative Technique [vi] Symbols, Images, Metaphors, and Irony, etc. [vii] Title [viii] Treatment of Women [ix] Marlow's Lies [x] Heart of Darkness and Modernism [xi] Heart of Darkness and Existentialism [xii] Heart of Darkness and New Historicism 6. Characters in Heart of Darkness 7. Conrad on Fiction and His Critics [i] Some Relevant Excerpts from Conrad's Own Writings [ii] Some Critical Responses [iii] A Short Outline of Conrad Chronology A Select Bibliography.
