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Joseph Conrad and LiteratureModernist Literature and CriticismShort Stories in Global Literature

Noise Without Work: “Objectless Blasting” and Negative Infrastructure in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Xiu-Feng Zhang

2026.1.22ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS

DOI: 10.1080/0895769x.2026.2620659

Abstract

In the critical history of Heart of Darkness, the discussion often swings between psychological symbolism and postcolonial ethics. Since Chinua Achebe’s famous indictment of the novella’s racism, c...

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ZHANG, Xiu-Feng. Noise without work: “Objectless blasting” and negative infrastructure in conrad’s heart of darkness. ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS, 2026: 1–6.