Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Although Coppola clearly explored that myth, was
that really Conrad's
> intention to do so? I think he was far more
concerned with exposing the
> colonialism inherent in the White Man's
Burden.
************ I agree. I've got a copy of HEART OF DARKNESS
that's got a bunch of really, really artsy interpretations at
the end. They are as different from each other as night and
day, with each one of them declaring their interpre- tation
as definitive. And then there's another essay where Conrad
expresses amazement over all the avant garde fantasies his
work has churned up. The most obvious interpretation of his
work is a statement on imperialism, and that is indeed what
he intended.
miker
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