Joseph Conrad : a literary life
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Joseph Conrad : a literary life
(Macmillan literary lives)
Macmillan, 1989
- : pbk
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Includes bibliography and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780333417195
Description
A sketch of Conrad's varied cultural background (emphasising the Polish aspect) provides a biographical outline for this study, which then concentrates on the progress of Conrad's literary career, paying particular attention to his economic circumstances and the milieu of publishing.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Biographical: the financing of Conrad's careers. Part 2 Cultural: Polish influences
- French and English literature
- a note on philosophical and scientific matters. Part 3 Phazes in Conrad's literary development: inception of the literary career - Unwin, Garnett, "Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands and Tales of Unrest"
- Henley, the "News Review" and "The Nigger of the Narcissus"
- the Blackwood phaze - "Youth", "Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim"
- enter Pinker
- collaboration with F.M.Hueffer - "The Inheritors and Romance"
- "The Mirror of the Sea", "Nostromo" and "T.P.'s Weekly"
- "The Secret Agent", "Ridgway's" and the theatre
- "Under Western Eyes"
- the later years - "Chance" and its aftermath. Part 4: conclusion. Part 5: Caudal.
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: pbk ISBN 9780333417201
Description
A sketch of Conrad's varied cultural background (emphasising the Polish aspect) provides a biographical outline for this study, which then concentrates on the progress of Conrad's literary career, paying particular attention to his economic circumstances and the milieu of publishing.
Table of Contents
Preface - Acknowledgements and Editorial Notes - Biographical - Cultural - Phases in Conrad's Literary Development - Conclusion - Appendix - Notes - Bibliography - Index
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