Panichas, a scholar of the interdisciplinary relationships between Western literature and other humanities, reflects on the consequences of moral darkness and moral warfare in Conrad's novels. At the center of the study is a long chapter on Nostromo (1904). Panichas views this novel as representative of Conrad's vision of the human world and the human soul in disorder. This revised edition includes the author's critical reading of Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)