Irony and the involvement of the reader in three of Joseph Conrad's short stories : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorBourke, Lawrence
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T01:54:16Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T01:54:16Z
dc.date.issued1982
dc.description.abstractAs many critics have by now shown, the fiction of Joseph Conrad is particularly significant and interesting with regard to its irony. In their consideration of Conrad's irony most critics have concentrated their attention upon the novels, or upon those short stories generally acknowledged to be masterpieces - namely Heart of Darkness. Also their interest has, for the most part, been in the thematic issues that Conrad's irony involves; studying the work-ethic, romance, nihilism, and so on. This essay, also, is interested in Conrad's irony. However, here, the interest is in its rhetoric or aesthetic function, the way it involves the reader in a community of experience; and so although there is a thematic concern implicit in the approach the interest itself is not in themes. [From Introduction]en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12862
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectConrad, Joseph 1857-1924en_US
dc.titleIrony and the involvement of the reader in three of Joseph Conrad's short stories : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorBourke, Lawrence
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
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