Heart of Darkness

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literary work novella

Heart of Darkness is a novella by Joseph Conrad that explores imperialism, moral corruption, and the darkness within human nature through a journey into the African Congo.

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Heart of Darkness canonical 10
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
adaptation radio dramas ⓘ
stage plays ⓘ
television films ⓘ
author Joseph Conrad ⓘ
bookPublicationYear 1902 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Blackwood's Magazine ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
novella ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasSymbol darkness ⓘ
the jungle ⓘ
the river ⓘ
includedIn Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories ⓘ
influenced modernist literature ⓘ
postcolonial criticism ⓘ
inspiredWork Apocalypse Now ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 20th century literature ⓘ
late 19th century literature ⓘ
locationOfFrameNarrative Thames ⓘ
surface form: Thames River
mainTheme colonialism ⓘ
darkness within human nature ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
madness ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
racism ⓘ
majorCharacter Charles Marlow ⓘ
Kurtz ⓘ
The Brickmaker ⓘ
The Intended ⓘ
The Manager ⓘ
narrativeFrameCharacter Charles Marlow ⓘ
narrativeTechnique first-person narration ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ
notableQuote The horror! The horror! ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
protagonistOccupation seaman ⓘ
protagonistRole riverboat captain ⓘ
publicationYear 1899 ⓘ
setting Congo ⓘ
surface form: African Congo

Congo Free State ⓘ
subjectOf narratological analysis ⓘ
postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ
psychoanalytic literary criticism ⓘ

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The Hollow Men → containsAllusionTo → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Apocalypse Now → basedOn → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Joseph Conrad → notableWork → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Congo Free State → inspiredWork → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Downward to the Earth → inspiredBy → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz → inspiredByWork → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Captain Benjamin L. Willard → inspiredByWork → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Season of Migration to the North → influencedBy → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Typhoon → relatedWorkByAuthor → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Youth → collectedWith → Heart of Darkness ⓘ
Jessie George → spouseNotableWork → Heart of Darkness ⓘ