Abstract:This dissertation aims to explore the ways in which Joseph Conrad's autobiographical memory and writing cross-fertilize each other in Almayer's Folly (1895), Heart of Darkness (1902), and The Shadow-Line (1917). By studying how Conrad repeatedly returns to and continuously reworks his past moments through the use of different stylistic and narrative strategies in these works, I challenge the idea that narrative is a transparent mirror of received experiences. Instead, the author's lived past is transformed int… Show more
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