Sincerity and Self-Revelation in Joseph Conrad

Sincerity and Self-Revelation in Joseph Conrad

Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness has been taken to exemplify the new ethic ofauthenticitythat displaced the old ideal ofsincerity. Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo , and The Secret Agent do interrogate and undermine the value of the old ideal, but do not promote a conception of authenticit...

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Published in:The Modern language review Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 341 - 363
Main Author: Ophir, Ella
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Belfast Modern Humanities Research Association 01-04-2012
Subjects:
Analysis
Authenticity
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Avowals
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Ethics
Fear
Fraud
Honesty
Morality
Narratives
Novels
Self
Self knowledge
Silver
Skepticism
Social values
Soul
United Kingdom
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Summary:Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness has been taken to exemplify the new ethic ofauthenticitythat displaced the old ideal ofsincerity. Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo , and The Secret Agent do interrogate and undermine the value of the old ideal, but do not promote a conception of authenticity. Rather, they lead to a radically revised conception of sincerity, one that is stripped of moral and social value, but preserves the possibility of articulateself-revelation. Sincerity becomes aleatory, even amoral, but it survives to name those moments at which,Conradmaintains,feelingandlanguagecan and do bind, and obscuredinterioritystands revealed.
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ISSN:0026-7937
2222-4319
DOI:10.5699/modelangrevi.107.2.0341