The Dark Continent? Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo Images of Africa in European narratives about the Congo Andersen, Frits creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. dk 2016 monographic eng dan remote 1 online resource. THE CONGO IN PROSE- INTRODUCTION. Life and works: reading Stanley -- Traveller on global terms -- Prose: a framework and reading perspective -- Literary topography of the Congo -- Anthropoetic narrative and method ; H.M. STANLEY -- MAGIC AND MARKET. Moving perspective: Through the Dark Continent (1878) -- Conflicting testimonies: In Darkest Africa (1890) -- The space of prose: magic and pragmatism ; RED RUBBER -- TALES OF TERROR. Heart of Darkness in travel literature -- Atrocity accounts -- "The Espionage System": red rubber in prose -- The field: red rubber and Heart of Darkness between Nationalism and world literature ; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. The Congo in travel literature: history and oblivion -- The Congo in novels: Graham Greene, V.S. Naipaul and Urs Widmer -- The Congo in popular literature: bizarre truths in bizarre stories -- The Congo, I Presume: anthropoetic narrative ; THE CONGO IN PROSE. Congo literature: a cross-sectional view -- Place -- Testimony -- Atrocity accounts and human rights -- Oblivion and historical narrative -- World literature and globalisation. by Frits Andersen. "This book is a revised version of the Danish dissertation Det mørke kontinent? which was accepted for defence for the higher doctoral degree in philosophy and subsequently approved by the Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University." Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-683) and index. f-cg--- Congo (Democratic Republic) In literature Congo (Democratic Republic) History Kongo (African people) Social life and customs European literature History and criticism 19th century European literature History and criticism 20th century 1800-1999 fast DT652 .A69 2016 960 Dark Continent? Andersen, Frits. Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2016] (DLC) 2016429765 9788771248548 8771248544 9788771248531 8771248536 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.608322 NhCcYBP 201208 20250331130526.3 in00005630474