http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/joseph-conrad Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 17:26:04 -0400 Wed, 27 May 2026 17:26:04 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love By Marina A. Kinney - Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a novel about the human psyche. It is as concerned with man’s ability to descend into madness as it is with his ability to break away from it and triumph over the dark, consuming impulses that threaten to consume his heart and mind. This struggle between awareness and madness is evidenced in both Marlow and Kurtz. While the narrative is arguably more concerned with Marlow and his struggle between these two realms, it is Kurtz who is of most interest, his madness and its effects dominating the narrative from nearly the beginning. The protagonist... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:31 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love