Examine the significance of blank spaces in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'?

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English

 

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Patrick C

 

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August 19, 2016

 

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In this essay, the semantic challenge of the term ?blank space' will be addressed as the layers of meaning, in a 19th and 20th century context, are both relevant and important in discussing a topic of this kind: the perceived value of unexplored territories, the ?uncivilised' culture of the native inhabitants, the importance of nature as a barrier of progress and a combatant against technology, and the metaphorical and allegorical treatment of knowledge and ignorance...
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Written in 1871, 1902 and 1912 respectively, these books were published at the end of an intense period of exploration ?in which Britain, like most of Western Europe, spilled out to investigate, explore, colonise and exploit the rest of the world.'5 This upsurge in imperialism, coupled with the great scientific and technological advances of the Industrial Revolution a century before, drew even more attention to those undiscovered and unexplored areas of the world whose maps had been purged of fantastical topography, wiped clean, and ?given over to the strict demands of "scientific" practice'...
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