TY - BOOK AU - Collits,Terry TI - Postcolonial Conrad: paradoxes of empire SN - 0415418607 (pbk.): AV - PR6005.O4 Z5718 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - London, UK, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Conrad, Joseph, KW - Political fiction, English KW - History and criticism KW - Postcolonialism in literature KW - Imperialism in literature KW - Colonies in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index; Introduction : the Conradian moment -- Pt. I. Locations -- 1. Conrad in the history of ideas -- 2. Conrad in literary history -- 3. Conrad in England -- 4. Conrad and Marxism -- 5. Conrad in the postcolonial world -- Pt. II. The great novels of imperialism -- 6. Heart of Darkness : history, politics, myth and tragedy -- 7. Lord Jim : popular culture and the transmission of the code -- 8. Nostromo : the anti-heroics and epic failures of empire -- 9. Victory (1) : valedictory to the old colonial order -- 10. Victory (2) : postcolonial Conrad -- Epilogue : Conrad and the new world order ER -