Description

Book Synopsis
Through new readings of works including Lord Jim and The Portrait of a Lady, Artese demonstrates how the cultural conditions that worked against testimony fed into a nascent conflict about the meaning of modernism itself.

Trade Review
'This book provides an astute reading of Conrad and James, modernist narrative, and the question of testimonial authority and anonymous authority... Recommended.' -- J.G. Peters Choice Magazine; vol 50:03:2012

Table of Contents
Introduction 1 "Speech Was of No Use": Conrad, a New Journalism, and the Critical Abjection of Testimony 2 Theater of Incursion and Unveiling I: Home 3 Overhearing Testimony: James in the Shadow of Sentimentalism 4 "Abominable Confidence" from The Nigger of the "Narcissus" to Lord Jim: Toward a New Sympathetic Novel 5 Theater of Incursion and Unveiling II: Empire Notes Works Cited

Testimony on Trial

    Product form

    £36.00

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £40.00 – you save £4.00 (10%)

    Order before 4pm tomorrow for delivery by Fri 7 Aug 2026.

    A Hardback by Brian Artese

    3 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Testimony on Trial by Brian Artese

      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2011
      ISBN13: 9781442643680, 978-1442643680
      ISBN10: 1442643684

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through new readings of works including Lord Jim and The Portrait of a Lady, Artese demonstrates how the cultural conditions that worked against testimony fed into a nascent conflict about the meaning of modernism itself.

      Trade Review
      'This book provides an astute reading of Conrad and James, modernist narrative, and the question of testimonial authority and anonymous authority... Recommended.' -- J.G. Peters Choice Magazine; vol 50:03:2012

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1 "Speech Was of No Use": Conrad, a New Journalism, and the Critical Abjection of Testimony 2 Theater of Incursion and Unveiling I: Home 3 Overhearing Testimony: James in the Shadow of Sentimentalism 4 "Abominable Confidence" from The Nigger of the "Narcissus" to Lord Jim: Toward a New Sympathetic Novel 5 Theater of Incursion and Unveiling II: Empire Notes Works Cited

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account