Gene Moore, ed. Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness': A Casebook.(Book review)

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From: Conradiana
Date: 20070322
Author:Panagopoulos, Nic

Gene Moore, ed. Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness': A Casebook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 279 pp. ISBN 0-19-515996-9

Gene M. Moore's casebook on Heart of Darkness deftly navigates between the rocks of prejudiced readings and the banks of insufficiently informed responses to offer the reader its own critical journey into the heart of Conrad's controversial novella that is as stimulating as it is instructive. Indeed, what distinguishes this casebook from existing study aides is the way it respects the darkness and indeterminacy of Heart of Darkness while ...

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