This essay studies the generative process of Conrad's Chance from the point of view of its plot. It focusses on Young Powell's story, showing how it came into being through the re-writing of old plots, fictional and biographical, and how it connects with the stories of Anthony and Flora. In so doing it casts some light on Conrad's complex re-elaboration of the Victorian multi-plot novel.

Young Powell's Story and Its Conradian Inter-text: Re-reading Chance 'for the Plot'

VILLA, LUISA
2015-01-01

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This essay studies the generative process of Conrad's Chance from the point of view of its plot. It focusses on Young Powell's story, showing how it came into being through the re-writing of old plots, fictional and biographical, and how it connects with the stories of Anthony and Flora. In so doing it casts some light on Conrad's complex re-elaboration of the Victorian multi-plot novel.
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