Colonial "Idea" and "Work": The evil in Marlow's Heart of Darkness

dc.contributor.author Ahmet Süner
dc.contributor.author Suner, Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-06T17:50:24Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description.abstract This chapter focuses on the representations of evil in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and argues that despite appearances colonial evil is not extrinsic to Marlow's voice and that it inheres in his very worldview. It draws out the implicit evil in Marlow's colonialism by close attention to the muted concepts and vague ideas in his intimate inner voice. Marlow's affective but uncritical formulations of "idea" and "work" reflect colonial ideology in unsettling ways secretly allowing for the justification of criminal evil forms of colonial practice. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/978-3-030-76055-7_12
dc.identifier.isbn 9783030760540, 9783030760557
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dc.identifier.uri https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8942
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dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartof Performativity of Villainy and Evil in Anglophone Literature and Media
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dc.subject Colonialism, Evil, Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Work
dc.subject Colonialism
dc.subject Heart of Darkness
dc.subject Evil
dc.subject Joseph Conrad
dc.subject Work
dc.title Colonial "Idea" and "Work": The evil in Marlow's Heart of Darkness
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gdc.description.departmenttemp [Suner A.] Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey
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