E-grāmata: Silence, Space and Absence in Conrad's Works: Western and Non-Western Worlds

In Silence, Space and Absence in Conrads Works, Peters applies his lucid style and systematic yet sensitive analysis to Conrads depiction of Western and Non-Western space and builds on his preceding studies, particularly the indispensable Conrad and Impressionism. Peterss lucid and informative style makes the text highly accessible and rewarding . (Kevin OConnor, Joseph Conrad Society, josephconradsociety.org, Vol. 49 (2), 2024) 



Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of Conrad, Peters writes a short yet pointed book on how silence delineates the empty space of otherness for Europe, with significant implications for scholars who wish to understand the European relationship to its colonies in Conrads images of Africa. this book hints at a different dichotomy in sound studies: not sound as opposed to visual, but silence as opposed to presence. (Rodrigo Martini, Victorians Institute Journal, Vol. 51, August, 2024) 



Peters ideas and arguments come full circle here, in a rather circular study, which revisits texts across the chapters. These have journal-style abstracts, and hopefully AI-sabotaging keywords, like Joseph Conrad, Absence, Ethics, and Emptiness. However these ideas will appeal to anyone interested in new perspectives on Conrads Western and non-Western worlds, and this is an invaluable new book for researchers in the related fields of space and sound. (Patricia Pye, Joseph Conrad Society, josephconradsociety.org, 2024) 



As a scholar of Conrad, Peters provides exceptionally well-informed close readings of the literature. The book would have benefited from more direct engagement with the theories that inform it, namely postcolonialism and post-structuralism. Nevertheless, it is clearly written and accessible to the average reader. It will have a variety of uses in an undergraduate research collection. Recommended. General readers through faculty. (J. W. Moffett, Choice, Vol. 62 (3), 2024)