ANARCHY IN THE FLESH: CONRAD'S "COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY" MODERNISM AND THE "WITZ" OF THE POLITICAL UNCONSCIOUS

In accepting the arguments of Fredric Jameson and Sigmund Freud, the question of whether the politics of the literary text is a joke arises. The coexistence of politics and wit in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent" is examined.

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Published in:Modern fiction studies 1992-10, Vol.38 (3), p.615-630
Main Author: English, James F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anarchism
Anarchy
Bourgeois
British & Irish literature
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
English literature
Humor
Jokes
Literary criticism
Literature
Modernist art
Novels
Overweight
Politics
Satire
State espionage
THE politics of modernist form
Unconscious mind
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Summary:In accepting the arguments of Fredric Jameson and Sigmund Freud, the question of whether the politics of the literary text is a joke arises. The coexistence of politics and wit in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent" is examined.
ISSN:0026-7724
1080-658X
1080-658X
DOI:10.1353/mfs.0.0195