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Title A historical guide to Joseph Conrad / edited by John G. Peters.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  823.912 C763Dhi 2010    ---  Available
Description x, 252 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Born to Polish parents in what is now known as the Ukraine, Joseph Conrad would become one of the greatest writers in the English language. With works like Lord Jim, The Nigger of the "Narcissus," and Heart of Darkness, he not only solidified his place in the panethon of great novelists, but also established himself as a keen eyed chronicler of the social and political themes that animated the contemporary world around him. Essays show how the author mined his early life as a sailor to pen gripping, realistic tales of nautical life while issuing scathing indictments of colonialism and capitalist cupidity in works like Almayer's Folly and Heart of Darkness. His unique sense of himself as an outsider is explored in relation to his pointed political novels that critiqued corruption and terrorism, most notably in Nostromo and The Secret Agent.
Contents Joseph Conrad's life / Cedric T. Watts -- Joseph Conrad and the maritime tradition / Mark D. Larabee -- Conrad and the literary marketplace / Joyce Piell Wexler -- Conrad and politics / Allan H. Simmons -- Joseph Conrad as guide to colonial history / Christopher GoGwilt -- Conrad and modernism / Andrea White -- Illustrated chronology -- Bibliographical essay : Conrad commentary past and present / John G. Peters.
Subject Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Added Author Peters, John G. (John Gerard)
ISBN 9780195332780 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195332784
9780195332773
0195332776

 
    
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