{"product_id":"imperial-quest-and-modern-memory-from-conrad-to-greene","title":"Imperial Quest and Modern Memory from Conrad to Greene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Imperial Quest and Modern Memory\u003c\/em\u003e explores relationships between narrative and imperium in the context of Western Modernism by examining the Quest as a vexed trope in \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePassage to India\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/em\u003e. The book takes stock of twentieth century theory regarding the Quest--as archetype, trope, and construct, considers the dominant expression and the imperial organization of this trope in Western culture and iconography from the Dark Ages to the Age of Empire, explores the ways in which this trope both lingers and changes in the context of Western Modernism, and finally gauges its permutations in Modern discourse. \u003cem\u003eThe Imperial Quest and Modern Memory's \u003c\/em\u003e central claim is that the Modern novel simultaneously reinscribes and subverts Western and imperial manifestations of the Quest. \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePassage to India\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSheltering Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet American \u003c\/em\u003eare remarkably Modern and subversive narratives. They participate in the revolutionary projects of early and high Modernism and are often in marked opposition to imperial praxis. Yet they are also profoundly influenced by the deep ideological and metaphoric structures of Western culture. Thus, the Quest trope--specifically in its Western and imperial manifestations--lingers in Modern Memory and certainly in the Modern novel. This expansive study emphasizes intriguing intersections between past and present, culture and archetype, norm and narrative, memory and contemporaneity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240265470296,"sku":"9780415975520","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415975520.jpg?v=1770219033","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/imperial-quest-and-modern-memory-from-conrad-to-greene","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}