Twirling moustaches and equestrian statuary: Polish semiotics in Condrad's 'Nostromo.' From: Mosaic (Winnipeg) | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: Szczypien, Jean M. | COPYRIGHT 1995 University of Manitoba, Mosaic. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Examining signifying gestures and literary pictorial works from Polish culture shows that intertextuality plays an important function in Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo.' Two significant images are the mustache and the equestrian figure. These have been reworked by Conrad from the poetic motifs of Adam Mickiewicz, the foremost 19th-century Polish poet. These two images alter the reading of 'Nostromo' as they uncover motivations which are baser than as previously perceived.

Intertextuality a...