Gothicism in Conrad and Dostoevsky

By Robert Berry
Department of English
University of Otago
New Zealand
Deep South v.1 n.2 (May, 1995)
In his work Dostoevsky and the Process of Literary Creation (1989), the French critic Jacques Catteau refers to the novel as a “barbaric art”; he claims it is an art form that can readily assimilate both “civilised and elaborate genres.” The novel, [...]

Picturing the First Castaway – Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719. The book was instantly popular, and since then, the story of the first castaway has inspired brilliant artists and philosophers to create imaginative works of their own. How have they looked at him? as a wretch? a conqueror? a victim? -a man living in peace with [...]