Gail Fincham

Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad, modernism and post-colonialism Gail Fincham

The first international conference on the works of Joseph Conrad ever held in Africa took place in 1998, to mark the centenary of the publication of Heart of Darkness. The 13 essays in this collection engage directly with the ways in which Conrad's fiction explores and problematises the notion of progress, not only at the time when he was writing but now, more than a century later.