The essay analyses the three stories collected by Joseph Conrad in ’Twixt Land and Sea (1912) trying to show that, in spite of the Author’s assertion that the “only bond between them is geographical”, they share a common theme. Notwithstanding their differences in plot and characters, what unifies “A Smile of Fortune”, “The Secret Sharer” and “Freya of the Seven Isles” is the treatment, unsurprisingly ambiguous given Conrad’s habitual reticence, of the issues of gender and sexuality in the male world of the sea to which the protagonists of the three stories belong.

"La donna, la nave. Su ’Twixt Land and Sea di Joseph Conrad”

SERTOLI, GIUSEPPE
2010-01-01

Abstract

The essay analyses the three stories collected by Joseph Conrad in ’Twixt Land and Sea (1912) trying to show that, in spite of the Author’s assertion that the “only bond between them is geographical”, they share a common theme. Notwithstanding their differences in plot and characters, what unifies “A Smile of Fortune”, “The Secret Sharer” and “Freya of the Seven Isles” is the treatment, unsurprisingly ambiguous given Conrad’s habitual reticence, of the issues of gender and sexuality in the male world of the sea to which the protagonists of the three stories belong.
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