{"product_id":"9781442649071-discerning-narrator","title":"The Discerning Narrator","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConrad, Aristotle, and Modernity\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the letters, essays, and fiction of Joseph Conrad through an Aristotelian lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Discerning Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on Joseph Conrad’s controversial critique of modernity and modernization by reading his work through an Aristotelian lens. The book proposes that we need Aristotle – a key figure in Conrad’s education – to recognize the profound significance of Conrad’s artistic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering Aristotelian analyses of Conrad’s letters, essays, and four works of fiction, Alexia Hannis illuminates the philosophical roots and literary implications of Conrad’s critique of modernity. Hannis turns to Aristotle’s ethical formulations to trace what she calls \"the discerning narrator\" in Conrad’s oeuvre: a compassionate yet sceptical guide to appraising character and conduct. The book engages with past and current Conrad scholarship while drawing from Aristotle’s \u003ci\u003ePoetics, Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNicomachean Ethics, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as classical scholars to offer original philosophical analyses of major and understudied Conrad’s works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on Aristotle, Hannis provides a fresh context for making sense of Conrad’s self-differentiation from modernity. As a result, \u003ci\u003eThe Discerning Narrator\u003c\/i\u003e provides an affirmation of literature’s invitation to wonder about the possibilities inherent in human nature, including the potential for painful depravity, heroic excellence, and ordinary human happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40405460779105,"sku":"9781442649071","price":39.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35389806_f28925f4-afb7-464c-a49e-56bdf8ebfbb1.jpg?v=1752772715","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781442649071-discerning-narrator","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}