Acknowledgements
List of Original Publications
Introduction
Chapter 1
A Subversion of Adventure Tales: The "Deferring" Part, the Sea, and Histories in Joseph Conrad's An Outcast of the Islands
Chapter 2
Lord Jim: A Parodied Narrative of Heroism
Chapter 3
Skepticism, Action, and Ideas: Dr. Monygham as a Key to Nostromo
Chapter 4
Winnie's Effect: Optimism and the Circular Structure in The Secret Agent
Chapter 5
A Strategy to Maintain the Sailors' World in the Last Scene in Joseph Conrad's Chance
Chapter 6
Peyrol's Last Departure: "Digressions" and the "Vertical" Structure in Joseph Conrad's The Rover
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index