Closely based on my Oxford D Phil, 1972.
I don’t believe in the brandishing of keys to writers – Conrad is no more a lock or door than a casket. The central opposition or tension in Conrad is that between his ‘vision of personal autonomy’ and his ‘vision of social responsibility’ should be seen as complementary, not irreconcilable…
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