Background
Hampson, Robert Gavin was born on November 26, 1948 in Liverpool, England. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Agnes Hampson.
(Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betra...)
Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betrayal in his fiction, this book traces the development of Conrad's conception of identity through the three phases of his career: the self in isolation, the self in society and the sexualised self. It shows how the early fiction negotiates the opposed dangers of the self-ideal and the surrender to passion; how the middle fiction tests the ideal code psychologically and ideologically; and how the late fiction probes sexuality and morbid psychology.
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English literature educator poet
Hampson, Robert Gavin was born on November 26, 1948 in Liverpool, England. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Agnes Hampson.
Bachelor, King's College, London, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, King's College, London, 1985; Master of Arts, U. Toronto, 1971.
Lecturer English literature, Royal Holloway, U. London, 1978-1994; senior lecturer English literature, Royal Holloway, U. London, 1994-1996; reader in English literature, Royal Holloway, U. London, since 1996.
(Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betra...)
Member Joseph Conrad Society (committee member 1975).