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The remains of Kurtz's day: Joseph Conrad and historical correctness.(Critical Essay)

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From: Conradiana
Date: 20040922
Author:Paccaud-Huguet, Josiane

That sombre theme had to be given a sinister resonance, a tonality of its own, a continued vibration that, I hoped, would hang in the air and dwell on the ear after the last note had been struck. (1)

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In a letter to Hugh Clifford, Conrad complained of the fact that that he always had to struggle with some sort of "moral horror," (2) some truth with which his fiction is actually pregnant: the brutalities of colonial expansion in Africa, the ruthless development of capitalism in South America, the throes of the Russian revolution, the collapse of old ideals, etc. ...

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