TY - BOOK ID - 135968879 TI - Nostromo : Centennial Essays AU - Simmons, Allan H. AU - Stape, J.H. PY - 2004 SN - 9789004488830 9789042019140 PB - Leiden; Boston : BRILL DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135968879 AB - In the century since its publication in 1904, Nostromo has taken its place among Conrad's masterpieces as a panoramic novel of revolution and a profound meditation on history and the effects of "material interests" on human destiny. The eight new essays brought together in this volume examine the novel from various perspectives: as an epic, as a study in colonialism and the problem of "homecoming," as an exploration of free will and determinism, as a textual artefact, and as a reflection upon earlier works of European literature by Coleridge, Pushkin, and others. ER -