The Function of Landcape Description in Joseph Conrad's Nostromo
type: CreativeWork
description: In Nostromo, Conrad’s longest novel, the author develops a complex plot involving a number of personal stories, inter­related by their reference to the development of a silver mine near Sulaco, and by their connection with a series of political changes. He shifts his chronology from modern times to primitive, and to stages in between these extremes. It is important that the reader sees clearly the environ­ment in which the characters act out their stories, since the natural setting contributes to the working out of events.
abstract: In Nostromo, Conrad’s longest novel, the author develops a complex plot involving a number of personal stories, inter­related by their reference to the development of a silver mine near Sulaco, and by their connection with a series of political changes. He shifts his chronology from modern times to primitive, and to stages in between these extremes. It is important that the reader sees clearly the environ­ment in which the characters act out their stories, since the natural setting contributes to the working out of events.
author: Duggan, Mary Rosary
keywords: Humanities, Arts and Humanities
date published: 1963-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:05:44Z
provider: Dominican University of California
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Dominican University of California