Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire (A Longman Cultural Edition)

From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire shows the literary and historical context within whichand against whichboth Conrad and Kipling wrote their masterpieces. These works have deeply influenced later writings that deal with the ambitions, complexities, and failures of imperial projects of cultural influence and political control. English, American, South Asian, and African authors from Saul Bellow to Salman Rushdie have worked with and against the models pioneered by Conrad and Kipling in the late Victorian era; their revolutionary impact is illuminated in this text.Joseph Conrad is the author of 'Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire (A Longman Cultural Edition)', published 2006 under ISBN 9780321364678 and ISBN 0321364678.