Abstract Joseph Conrad and James Joyce share an interest in the aesthetic qualities of bad
eyesight. Drawing on recent disability theory, this essay shows how Conrad and Joyce make …

The article presents an interpretation of 'The Secret Agent” in which the autistic Stevie is the
most important character in the whole novel. The analysis of the statements and behaviours …

Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos (1799), a series of eighty etchings, present an archive of all-
too-human caprices and depravities from the mundane to the metaphysical. In the middle of …

The Secret Agent and Lolita are among the most influential novels of the last century. Both
describe European lodgers who insinuate themselves into nuclear families that serve as …

The “secret” in The Secret Agent (1907) lies in the ambiguity of the word “agent.” The story
reflects on its historical moment by playing on the slippage between “agency” expressive of …

The article argues that James Joyce's use of a wide variety of methods to read and write
(including audiobooks, dictation, and enlarged print) provides a new way to understand the …

As degeneration theory proliferated at the turn of the century, its social, medical, and
carceral projects became more explicit attacks on disability aesthetics. Purportedly a strict …

The depiction of degeneration in Victorian literature remains a popular and well-known
trope. However, literature often takes a heavily masculine approach to the subject that is …

This thesis explores how Joseph Conrad's spy fictions embody and express the coalescing
paradigm shifts of migration, technology, nation building, and espionage at the turn of the …

Contributing to a discussion about feminism, modernism, and methodology is a daunting
prospect. Not only is “feminism” a notoriously slippery concept to define once and for all (the …