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Cognitive Conrad demonstrates the interpretive power of cognitive literary studies and historicism in the most important works of Joseph Conrad. It highlights how Conrad's fiction reflects the complexities of human consciousness, trauma, and the relentless human drive to impose a coherent form on a world that, ultimately, lacks any dependable order independent of individual, human constructions.
Through a detailed examination of Conrad's characters and their psychological landscapes – in a wide range of fiction, such as Lord Jim, Under Western Eyes, and various short stories – Richard J. Ruppel reveals how the novelist anticipated modern cognitive theories and the science of trauma. He also discusses the profound connections between Conrad's fiction and the work of 19th-century scientists like Hermann Helmholtz, who influenced Conrad's portrayal of perception and consciousness.
ISBN
9798216392385
Publication Date
9-3-2026
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
City
New York
Keywords
Joseph Conrad
Disciplines
Literature in English, British Isles
Recommended Citation
Ruppel, Richard J. Cognitive Conrad: Consciousness, Trauma, and the Rage for Order. Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Copyright
Bloomsbury
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