The Cambridge Introduction To Joseph Conrad

Author : John G. Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139457927

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The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad by John G. Peters Pdf

Joseph Conrad is one of the most intriguing and important modernist novelists. His writing continues to preoccupy twenty-first-century readers. This introduction by a leading scholar is aimed at students coming to Conrad's work for the first time. The rise of postcolonial studies has inspired interest in Conrad's themes of travel, exploration, and racial and ethnic conflict. John Peters explains how these themes are explored in his major works, Nostromo, Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness, as well as his short stories. He provides an essential overview of Conrad's fascinating life and career and his approach to writing and literature. A guide to further reading is included which points to some of the most useful secondary criticism on Conrad. This is a most comprehensive and concise introduction to studying Conrad, and will be essential reading for students of the twentieth-century novel and of modernism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0511334532

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The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad by Anonim Pdf

The most comprehensive guide to Conrad's life, work, context and major themes.

Author : J. H. Stape
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139825177

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The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by J. H. Stape Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad offers a wide-ranging introduction to the fiction of Joseph Conrad, one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. Through a series of essays by leading Conrad scholars aimed at both students and the general reader, the volume stimulates an informed appreciation of Conrad's work based on an understanding of his cultural and historical situations and fictional techniques. A chronology and overview of Conrad's life precede chapters that explore significant issues in his major writings, and deal in depth with individual works. These are followed by discussions of the special nature of Conrad's narrative techniques, his complex relationships with late-Victorian imperialism and with literary Modernism, and his influence on other writers and artists. Each essay provides guidance to further reading, and a concluding chapter surveys the body of Conrad criticism.

Author : John G. Peters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:879239625

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Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad by John G. Peters Pdf

Author : J. H. Stape
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107035300

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The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by J. H. Stape Pdf

This volume offers both students and scholars a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in Conrad studies.

Author : J. H. Stape
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521484847

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The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by J. H. Stape Pdf

Leading scholars provide a comprehensive introduction to the work of Joseph Conrad.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1139081031

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Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by Anonim Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad offers a wide-ranging introduction to the fiction of Joseph Conrad, one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. Through a series of essays by leading Conrad scholars aimed at both students and the general reader, the volume stimulates an informed appreciation of Conrad's work based on an understanding of his cultural and historical situations and fictional techniques. A chronology and overview of Conrad's life precede chapters that explore significant issues in his major writings, and deal in depth with individual works. These are followed by discussions of the special nature of Conrad's narrative techniques, his complex relationships with late-Victorian imperialism and with literary Modernism, and his influence on other writers and artists. Each essay provides guidance to further reading, and a concluding chapter surveys the body of Conrad criticism.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191582745

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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad Pdf

HEART OF DARKNESS * AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS * KARAIN * YOUTH The finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature. Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film, radio, and television, the story shows Conrad at his most intense and sophisticated. The other three tales in this volume depict corruption and obsession, and question racial assumptions. Set in the exotic surroundings of Africa, Malaysia. and the east, they variously appraise the glamour, folly, and rapacity of imperial adventure. This revised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new chronology and bibliography. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Andrea White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521416061

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Joseph Conrad and the Adventure Tradition by Andrea White Pdf

Nineteenth-century adventure fiction relating to the British empire usually served to promote, celebrate and justify the imperial project, asserting the essential and privileging difference between 'us' and 'them', colonizing and colonized. Andrea White's study opens with an examination of popular exploration literature in relation to later adventure stories, showing how a shared view of the white man in the tropics authorized the European intrusion into other lands. She then sets the fiction of Joseph Conrad in this context, showing how Conrad in fact demythologized and disrupted the imperial subject constructed in earlier writing, by simultaneously - with the modernist's double vision - admiring man's capacity to dream but applauding the desire to condemn many of its consequences. She argues that the very complexity of Conrad's work provided an alternative, and more critical, means of evaluating the experience of empire.

Author : Ian Watt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521783879

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Essays on Conrad by Ian Watt Pdf

A landmark collection of Ian Watt's essays on Joseph Conrad.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1102643582

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The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad by Anonim Pdf

Joseph Conrad's centrality to modern literature is well established. The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad provides essential guidance to varied developments in the field of Conrad studies since the publication of The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (1996). The volume's thirteen chapters offer diverse perspectives on emergent areas of interest, including canon formation, postcolonialism, gender, critical reception and adaptation. Likewise, chapters on Conrad's autobiographical writings, Heart of Darkness and 'The Secret Sharer', consider recent trends in both literary and cultural studies. A chronology and an updated guide to further reading serve to provide essential orientation to a large and complex field. This volume is the ideal starting point for students new to Conrad's work as well as for scholars wishing to keep abreast of current issues.

Author : John G. Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107034853

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Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception by John G. Peters Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date history of the commentary written about the life and works of Joseph Conrad.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775414797

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Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad Pdf

Conrad reputedly wrote Under Western Eyes (1911) in response to Crime and Punishment, which he detested. The action takes place in Russia and Switzerland and shows Conrad's cynicism of revolutionary movements and ideals. It also condemns the impact on the poor and innocent by the actions of the powerful.

Author : Pericles Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521828093

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The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism by Pericles Lewis Pdf

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Author : Adrian Poole
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139828116

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The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists by Adrian Poole Pdf

In this Companion, leading scholars and critics address the work of the most celebrated and enduring novelists from the British Isles (excluding living writers): among them Defoe, Richardson, Sterne, Austen, Dickens, the Brontës, George Eliot, Hardy, James, Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. The significance of each writer in their own time is explained, the relation of their work to that of predecessors and successors explored, and their most important novels analysed. These essays do not aim to create a canon in a prescriptive way, but taken together they describe a strong developing tradition of the writing of fictional prose over the past 300 years. This volume is a helpful guide for those studying and teaching the novel, and will allow readers to consider the significance of less familiar authors such as Henry Green and Elizabeth Bowen alongside those with a more established place in literary history.