{"product_id":"joseph-conrad-and-the-narration-of-silence-9781399535854","title":"Joseph Conrad and the Narration of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Conrad and the Narration of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how Conrad's narrators speak without speaking, focusing first on what is unsayable and then on what is unsaid. Silences (both literal and metaphorical) occur throughout Conrad's writings, and all connect in a meaningful manner to the speech of Conrad's narrators. Readers have frequently commended Conrad's distinct narrative style. These commentaries on narrative have made many valuable contributions. However, this book considers what happens when Conrad's narrators do not narrate - when they are instead silent. In these gaps between what is said and what is unsaid, meaning may emerge. In short, the absence of speaking brings about meaningful moments of narrative memory when one discovers what cannot be contained within the narrator's narrative alone: An incremental progression toward questions concerning the nature of knowledge, the nature of human existence, and the nature of the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Peters is a University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, US. He is a past President of the Joseph Conrad Society of America and current Editor of \u003ci\u003eConradiana\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eJoseph Conrad's Critical Reception\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConrad and Impressionism\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Norton critical edition of Conrad's \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Sharer and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles have appeared in such journals as \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollege Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Studies in Literature and Language\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVictorian Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Language Notes\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also translated into English the Japanese poet Takamura Kōtarō's book \u003ci\u003eThe Chieko Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899418218770,"sku":"9781399535854","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89faf75b-9a08-4a9c-a9da-1bd0760bf975.jpg?v=1738354637","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/joseph-conrad-and-the-narration-of-silence-9781399535854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}