Negation in Conrad

This paper investigates Conrad’s distrust of language, which will lead us on to his attempt to get behind or beyond language. I shall be concentrating on the specific case of Lord Jim, but will be making reference also to Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, and Victory. I will conclude with some observations on the power of Negation in Conrad’s writing which will, for his isolated protagonists, in extremity, be seen as the final move of liberation, which, under these extreme circumstances, connects his protagonists to all me