Jeremy Hawthorn is Emeritus Professor of British Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He has published many books and articles on fiction and on literary theory.

"Reading Sexuality and the Erotic is itself akin to a sexual experience - in that, once we have read it we can never read Conrad innocently again ... [The book] is an engaging and edifying read, a combination of historical detail and textual analysis that is not only enriching but might also produce an occasional blush." - Partial Answers

• 1. Closeted characters and cloistered critics in 'Il Conde', Lord Jim, Victory and The Shadow Line2. The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands and Heart of Darkness3. The erotics of cruelty in 'A Smile of Fortune', 'The Planter of Malata', The Secret Agent, Victory and 'Freya of the Seven Isles'4. Voyeurism in The Shadow-Line and Under Western Eyes Conclusion - and?NotesBibliographyIndex

Jeremy Hawthorn is Emeritus Professor of British Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He has published many books and articles on fiction and on literary theory.

"Reading Sexuality and the Erotic is itself akin to a sexual experience - in that, once we have read it we can never read Conrad innocently again ... [The book] is an engaging and edifying read, a combination of historical detail and textual analysis that is not only enriching but might also produce an occasional blush." - Partial Answers

• 1. Closeted characters and cloistered critics in 'Il Conde', Lord Jim, Victory and The Shadow Line2. The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands and Heart of Darkness3. The erotics of cruelty in 'A Smile of Fortune', 'The Planter of Malata', The Secret Agent, Victory and 'Freya of the Seven Isles'4. Voyeurism in The Shadow-Line and Under Western Eyes Conclusion - and?NotesBibliographyIndex

Jeremy Hawthorn is Emeritus Professor of British Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. He has published many books and articles on fiction and on literary theory.

"Reading Sexuality and the Erotic is itself akin to a sexual experience - in that, once we have read it we can never read Conrad innocently again ... [The book] is an engaging and edifying read, a combination of historical detail and textual analysis that is not only enriching but might also produce an occasional blush." - Partial Answers

• 1. Closeted characters and cloistered critics in 'Il Conde', Lord Jim, Victory and The Shadow Line2. The exotic and the erotic in An Outcast of the Islands and Heart of Darkness3. The erotics of cruelty in 'A Smile of Fortune', 'The Planter of Malata', The Secret Agent, Victory and 'Freya of the Seven Isles'4. Voyeurism in The Shadow-Line and Under Western Eyes Conclusion - and?NotesBibliographyIndex