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JOSEPH CONRAD AND THE ART OF UNLOVE: ART, LOVE, AND THE DEADLY PARADOX OF SERVICE

Brodsky, G.W. Stephen

Conradiana, 1999-06, Vol.31 (2), p.131-141 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Lubbock, Tex: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS

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  • Título:
    JOSEPH CONRAD AND THE ART OF UNLOVE: ART, LOVE, AND THE DEADLY PARADOX OF SERVICE
  • Autor: Brodsky, G.W. Stephen
  • Assuntos: British & Irish literature ; Characters and characteristics in literature ; Conrad, Joseph ; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) ; Criticism and interpretation ; English literature ; Fiction ; Methods ; Novelists
  • É parte de: Conradiana, 1999-06, Vol.31 (2), p.131-141
  • Descrição: To return good for evil is not only profoundly immoral but dangerous, in that it sharpens the appetite for evil in the malevolent and develops... that latent human tendency towards hypocrisy in the . let us say, benevolent. [...]it seems to me that in this affair, while wishing to fulfil your duties to your aunt, you have failed in your duties to yourself.6 In all this, Conrad's only mention of love is dismissive, and his entire emphasis is on familial duty. In The Nigger of the Narcissus James Wait 's shipmates ' sentimental vanity and pity lead them to protect him from weather and discipline, imperiling the ship by their neglect of duty and near mutiny.15 In The SecretAgent the idiot Stevie's stammering indignation originates in his vast pity for humanity's equine misery; and his blind devotion to Adolf Verloc ends in an explosive outburst fueled by altruism. According to a "collector," Mr X is "unique," "precious," (74), like the narrator's objets d'art. Art follows life; both the fact of Conrad's writing "The Idiots" on his honeymoon, and the theme itself, are offered here as final compelling evidence for Ian Watt's verdict: "Conrad is committed to the principle of un-love.
  • Editor: Lubbock, Tex: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Idioma: Inglês
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