Tidal Conrad (Literally)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10866438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Schmitt Schmitt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-5222 • E-ISSN: 1527-2052 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/victorianstudies.55.1.7 |
| OpenAlex | W1985338329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
Surface reading and similar developments in literary study advocate a turn away from symptomatic reading toward the superficial and self-evident. Arguing for the productivity of these approaches despite the contradictory language in which they have sometimes been formulated, this essay develops a related form of analysis: literal or denotative reading. Denotative reading does not reject deep or figurative interpretive possibilities. Rather, it insists they must be pursued in close connection with the facticity of fictional worlds, particularly in the case of maritime and other fiction deploying a specialized, technical lexicon. The essay treats Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899) as an exemplary instance of such fiction, contending that its precise articulation of tidal currents, nautical maneuvers, and ship design signals the key role of “restraint” not only in this novella but throughout Conrad’s corpus
Art · Articulation (sociology · Character (mathematics · Key (lock · Lexicon · Linguistics · Literal (mathematical logic · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Metaphor · Novella · Reading (process · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |