{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-the-man-who-would-be-king-and-other-works-on-empire-a-longman-cultural-edition-paperback","title":"Heart of Darkness, the Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire, a Longman Cultural Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Longman's Cultural Editions series\u003cem\u003e, Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire\u003c\/em\u003e shows the literary and historical context within which--and against which--both Conrad and Kipling wrote their masterpieces. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese works have deeply influenced later writings that deal with the ambitions, complexities, and failures of imperial projects of cultural influence and political control. English, American, South Asian, and African authors from Saul Bellow to Salman Rushdie have worked with and against the models pioneered by Conrad and Kipling in the late Victorian era; their revolutionary impact is illuminated in this text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Longman's Cultural Editions series,\" Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire\" shows the literary and historical context within which-and against which-both Conrad and Kipling wrote their masterpieces. These works have deeply influenced later writings that deal with the ambitions, complexities, and failures of imperial projects of cultural influence and political control. English, American, South Asian, and African authors from Saul Bellow to Salman Rushdie have worked with and against the models pioneered by Conrad and Kipling in the late Victorian era; their revolutionary impact is illuminated in this text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Damrosch is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and past president of the American Comparative Literature Association. He has written widely on world literature from antiquity to the present. His admired books, with lively appeal not only to the academic world but also to general readers, include \u003cem\u003eThe Narrative Covenant\u003c\/em\u003e (1987), \u003cem\u003eWhat Is World Literature?\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), and \u003cem\u003eThe Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e (2007). In addition to editing the Longman Cultural Edition of \u003cem\u003eJoseph Conrad's \"Heart of Darkness,\" Rudyard Kipling's \"The Man Who Would be King,\" and Other Works on Empire, \u003c\/em\u003ehe is the inspired genius, founding force, and general editor of the first three editions of the six-volume\u003cem\u003e Longman Anthology of British Literature\u003c\/em\u003e and now general editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Longman Anthology of World Literature\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67624900198502,"sku":"9780321364678","price":94.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/BM-4Bxgqfj9780321364678.webp?v=1791100302","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-the-man-who-would-be-king-and-other-works-on-empire-a-longman-cultural-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}