Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: On the Edge of the Subject
The Heterobiography of Joseph K. Conrad
The Seductions of the Aesthetic
Part II: The Strange Short Fiction
Writing and Fratricide
The Pathos of Authenticity
The Poetics of Cultural Despair
The Romantic Paradox
Addressing the Woman
Coda: Re-enter the Reader
Index

Reviews

`Erdinast-Vulcan offers particularly interesting readings of Falk and The Informer'
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