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306. Joseph Conrad:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
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In this episode, @tweeter_anita and I are joined by Maya Jasanoff, author of The Dawn Watch, to discuss the adventurous life of Joseph Conrad and how his work shaped western readers' understanding of imperialism.
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How should we read The Heart of Darkness? As a brave attack on Belgian colonialism? Or as Chinua Achebe would have it,
"an offensive and deplorable book... blinkered with xenophobia" that dehumanised Africans.
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How did a Polish sailor become one of the greatest writers in the English language? Why was Conrad's father arrested by the Russians and imprisoned in the fearsome Pavilion X? Why were Conrad’s parents exiled to the harsh conditions of northern Russia?
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