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Samolsky, Russell.

Heart of darkness / Russell Samolsky. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, c1963. - x, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- 1. Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- 2. Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- 3. The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- Coda: The time of inscription: Maus and the apocalypse of number.

9780823234790 (hbk.) 0823234797 (hbk.) 9780823234806 (pbk.) 0823234800 (pbk.)

2011032058

015972186 Uk


Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 --Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 --Criticism and interpretation.
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- --Criticism and interpretation.
Spiegelman, Art--Criticism and interpretation.


Fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethics in literature.
Apocalyptic literature.
Prophecy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Mimesis in literature.

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