Joseph Conrad and Postcritique

This book takes a postcritical perspective on Joseph Conrad’s central texts, including Heart of Darkness ,  The Secret Agent , Under Western Eyes , and Lord Jim . Whereas critique is a form of reading that prioritizes suspicion, unmasking, and demystifying, postcritique ascribes positive value to the knowledge, affect, ethics, and politics that emerge from literature. The essays in this collection recognize the dark elements in Conrad’s fiction—deceit, vanity, avarice, lust, cynicism, and c