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2 The Despair of Knowing in Bleak House and The Secret Agent
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- First Publication Dates of Primary Texts xv
- Introduction: Something of an Intellectual 1
- The Dangers of Carlyle’s Heroic Work in Heart of Darkness 33
- The Despair of Knowing in Bleak House and The Secret Agent 66
- The Trouble with Sympathy in Middlemarch and Nostromo 96
- Dostoevsky’s Last Confession in Under Western Eyes 132
- Living to Die in Lord Jim 163
- Conrad versus Nietzsche versus Christ 192
- Conclusion: Future Work 224
- Works Cited 233
- Index 245
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- First Publication Dates of Primary Texts xv
- Introduction: Something of an Intellectual 1
- The Dangers of Carlyle’s Heroic Work in Heart of Darkness 33
- The Despair of Knowing in Bleak House and The Secret Agent 66
- The Trouble with Sympathy in Middlemarch and Nostromo 96
- Dostoevsky’s Last Confession in Under Western Eyes 132
- Living to Die in Lord Jim 163
- Conrad versus Nietzsche versus Christ 192
- Conclusion: Future Work 224
- Works Cited 233
- Index 245