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Centennial Essays on Joseph Conrad's Chance
Häftad, 2015
1260 kr
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When Joseph Conrad’s novel Chance appeared in serial form in the New York Herald in 1912 and in book form in 1914 it established the author’s financial security for the first time. Following years of struggle to reach a wide audience for his fiction, Conrad benefitted from the American marketing of …
Conrad’s Drama
Contemporary Reviews and Observations
Inbunden, 2019
2228 kr
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Conrad’s Drama: Contemporary Reviews and Observations collects both book reviews and performance reviews of Conrad’s three plays: The Secret Agent, One Day More, and Laughing Anne. These reviews and observations show how Conrad’s plays were received by his contemporaries. More than this, however, …
Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford
A Study in Collaboration
Av John Hope Morey, Gene M. Moore
Inbunden, 2021
1415 kr
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When Joseph Conrad died in 1924, Ford Madox Ford immediately published a memoir of his involvement with Conrad at which Conrad's widow took offense. The ensuing "controversy" left Ford with a lasting reputation for "unreliability" which Morey examines in detail, uncovering evidence that …
Conrad’s Malaysian Fiction
Inbunden, 2022
1615 kr
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The relationship between Conrad’s Malay fiction and colonialism is a prominent subject of commentary now, and has been for some time. Most scholars would point to Chinua Achebe’s important article “An Image of Africa” as the initiation into the interest in Conrad and colonialism, but if fact …
Conrad’s European Context
Inbunden, 2024
1576 kr
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On account of Conrad’s tragic and fascinating life before he became a writer, critics have usually offered a historical account of his early Polish years. Less attention has been paid to the cultural and literary background of that period and its subsequent influence. In fact, initially that …
Joseph Conrad’s Nautical Terms
A Handbook
Inbunden, 2025
1706 kr
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Unlock the secrets of Conrad’s salt-laced realm! Discover the meanings of “wearing ship,” “kedge anchors,” or the perils of “scudding under bare poles.” Joseph Conrad's Nautical Terms demystifies 2,000 maritime words and phrases, revealing how Conrad used them to create his legendary narratives. …
Conrad in the Public Eye
Biography / Criticism / Publicity
Häftad, 2008
1678 kr
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This is a collection of difficult-to-find and typically early commentary on Conrad’s life and works. The selections contained shed light on Conrad’s life and works, as well as the way in which his works were promoted to the public. Selections include those by the American novelist Christopher …
"My Dear Friend"
Further Letters to and about Joseph Conrad
Inbunden, 2008
1491 kr
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A sequel to A Portrait in Letters: Correspondence to and about Joseph Conrad (Rodopi, 1995), this volume collects and annotates letters to Joseph Conrad by his family, friends, admirers, and publishers. An indispensable companion to the writer’s own letters, it restores the quality of exchange, …
Conrad's Victory
The Play and Reviews
Häftad, 2009
1501 kr
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Basil Macdonald Hastings’s dramatization of Joseph Conrad’s Victory enjoyed a run of over eighty performances at London’s Globe Theatre in 1919 with actor-producer Marie Löhr in the role of Lena. It remains the most successful stage adaptation of Conrad’s fiction and Conrad himself was closely …
Conrad’s Lord Jim
A Transcription of the Manuscript
Häftad, 2011
1094 kr
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Written in 1899-1900, Lord Jim is one of the key works of literary Modernism. A novel of immense power, it has never been out of print, attracting readers for over a century and variously influencing the development of twentieth-century fiction. This page-by-page transcription of the surviving …
Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
A Critical and Contextual Discussion
Av Cedric Watts
Häftad, 2012
1094 kr
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This book offers a detailed discussion of Conrad’s most brilliant and problematic work. Many significant aspects of Heart of Darkness are examined, from plot and characterisation to imagery and symbolism, and particular attention is paid to its ambiguity and paradoxes. By relating the text to a …
