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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.  \nNidesh Lawtoo has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author of this work.  \nNo responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury Academic or the author.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN: HB: 978-1-4411-2461-6  \nPB: 978-1-4411-0100-6  \ne-ISBN: 978-1-4411-0376-5  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nConrad’s ‘Heart of darkness’ and contemporary thought : revisiting the horror with Lacoue-Labarthe / edited by Nidesh Lawtoo.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-4411-2461-6 (hardcover: alk. paper)–  \nISBN 978-1-4411-0100-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)–  \nISBN 978-1-4411-0376-5 (ebook pdf: alk. paper)–  \nISBN 978-1-4411-2377-0 (ebook epub: alk. paper)  \n1. Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness. 2. Psychological fiction, English–History and criticism. 3. Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe.  \n4. Africa–In literature. I. Lawtoo, Nidesh.  \nPR6005 . O4H4755 2012  \n823’.912–dc23  \n2012005162  \nTypeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India  \nCONTeNTs  \nAcknowledgements viii  \nPreface ix  \nAnne Luyat  \nIntroduction: ‘An emotion of thought’ 1  \nNidesh Lawtoo  \nPrologue: Revisiting ‘Heart of Darkness Revisited’(in the company of Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe) 17  \nJ. Hillis Miller  \nPart One: Mythic darkness 1 Heart of Darkness revisited 39  \nJ. Hillis Miller  \n2 Modernism, myth and Heart of Darkness 55 Michael Bell  \n3 Civilization and its darkness 67 Jonathan Dollimore  \nvi CONTeNTs  \nPart Two: Conrad avec lacoue-labarthe  \n4 A frame for ‘The Horror of the West’ 89 Nidesh Lawtoo  \n5 The horror of the West 111 Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe  \n6 Philippe’s lessons of darkness 123 François Warin  \nPart Three: The affect of ideology  \n7 La lettre, Lacan, Lacoue-Labarthe:  \nHeart of Darkness redux 145  \nStephen Ross  \n8 The voice of darkness 164  \nClaude Maisonnat  \n9 The horror of trauma: Mourning or melancholia in Heart of Darkness? 181  \nBeth S. Ash  \nPart Four: The echo of the Horror  \n10 Conrad’s Dionysian elegy 201 Henry Staten  \n11 Sounding the hollow heart of the  \nWest: X-rays and the technique de la mort 221 Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère  \nCONTeNTs vii  \n12 The horror of mimesis: Echoing Lacoue-Labarthe 239  \nNidesh Lawtoo  \nPostface: A talk with Avital Ronell (about Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe) 260  \nBibliography 269  \nIndex 281  \naCkNOwledgeMeNTs  \nThis book is the product of a communal spirit I believe to be inline with both Conrad’s and Lacoue-Labarthe’s ethos. In addition to all the authors who gave voice to this book, I wish to thank Arnaud Dubois, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and Gary Handwerk for encouraging this project at a time it was still untimely; Brian Richardson, Allan Simmons, Wieslaw Krajka and Andrea White for their timely support. Many thanks to Camille Marshall, Philip Lindholm and Marie-","cbCainOPClZ3xlqG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainOPClZ3xlqG","pdf",2079755,297,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgements\n## Preface\n## Introduction: ‘An emotion of thought’\n## Prologue: Revisiting ‘Heart of Darkness Revisited’\n## Part One: Mythic darkness\n## Part Two: Conrad avec lacoue-labarthe\n## Part Three: The affect of ideology\n## Part Four: The echo of the Horror\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What central text does the book focus on?\",\"answer\":\"The collection centers on Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness and its critical re-engagement through contemporary thought.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized?\",\"answer\":\"It is structured into a preface, an introduction and prologue, then four themed parts covering mythic darkness, dialogues with Lacoue-Labarthe, ideology’s affect, and later echoes of the horror.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the volume include scholarly apparatus?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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