Resonance of Joseph Conrad in Contemporary Culture

Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech is Professor of English Literature and Translation Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Silesia and President of the Joseph Conrad Society, Poland. She has published several monographs on Conrad, translation studies, and adaptation studies, the most recent of which is Adaptations of J. Conrad’s Life and Works in Contemporary Culture (Katowice, 2022). Essays on Conrad aside, she has written on Robert Browning, T.S. Eliot, G.B. Shaw, William Golding, Harold Pinter, and Jatinder Verma. She sits on the editorial boards of The Conradian, Conradiana and Yearbook of Conrad Studies.

“[This] is another exciting and ambitious contribution to Conrad studies, providing a powerful insight into the writer’s biographical and fictional world by scholars in Conrad studies of various nationalities and cultures. The texts cover a wide range of topics from Conrad’s biography and translations, well-known artists in relation to Conrad to his influence across different media such as films, comics and graphic novels. Every essay here is a blend of deep thought and rigorous analysis.” • Brygida Pudełko, University of Opole

• List of FiguresIntroduction: The Conrad-Effect in Contemporary CultureAgnieszka Adamowicz-PośpiechPart I: Conrad: Biography and TranslationChapter 1. After My Intellectual Biography of Joseph Conrad: Further Lines of ResearchRichard AmbrosiniChapter 2. Conrad’s Echo in Anne Carson’s Nay Rather: The Task of the Artist as TranslatorKaoru YamamotoChapter 3. Jacek Dukaj Rewriting Heart of Darkness. Perspectives and ControversiesKarol SamselPart II: Conrad and FilmChapter 4. Conrad’s Resonance in Chantal Akerman’s La Folie Almayer: A ‘Camera’ of EchoesJulie GayChapter 5. Descendants of Conrad’s ‘The Secret Sharer’Laurence DaviesChapter 6. Colonialism, Anti-Colonialism and DecolonisationRobert HampsonChapter 7. Testimony is Resistance: An Afterlife of Conrad in African ApocalypseRob LemkinChapter 8. From Conrad to Horror FilmsMichel ArouimiPart III: Conrad and Contemporary WritersChapter 9. Joseph Conrad’s Avatars: Modernism, Lord Jim, and John Le Carré’s Our GameStephen BrodskyChapter 10. Burgess’ Co-Habitation with ConradJan B. GordonChapter 11. The Resonance of Conrad in Portrayals of South AfricaJoanna SkolikPart IV: Conrad IllustratedChapter 12. Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and the French Revolution of 1789Agnieszka Adamowicz-PośpiechChapter 13. Illustrating Conrad – A Comprehensive BibliographyFrank FörsterAfterword: The Enduring Echo of Joseph Conrad in Contemporary CultureAgnieszka Adamowicz-PośpiechIndex of Non-Fictional NamesIndex of Conrad’s Works