Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrads Malay Fiction : Writing Malaysia

This is the first major study to bring together for examination all of Conrads Malay fiction: the early novels, Almayers Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, and Lord Jim; the two later novels, Victory and The Rescue; and various short stories, such as The Lagoon and Karain . The volume focuses on cross-cultural encounters, cultural identity and cultural dislocation, paying particular attention to issues of race and gender. He also situates Conrads fiction in relation to earlier English accounts of South-East Asia.