(xii, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
List of Illustrations --;Acknowledgements --;Abbreviations --;Introduction --;Making the Imperial Hero --;The Possibilities of Romance --;Almayer's Folly: When Romance Collides with Reality --;An Outcast of the Islands: Echoes of Romance --;'Karain': Constructing the Romantic Subject --;Lord Jim: The Limitations of Romance --;Conclusion --;Bibliography --;Index.
Linda Dryden places Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands , 'Karain', and Lord Jim in the context of the nineteenth-century imperial romance. Using illustrations from and references to many well-known novels of Empire, Dryden demonstrates how Conrad's Malay fiction alludes to the conventions and stereotypes of popular imperial fiction.
Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Political and social views.
Political fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.