Zdzislaw Najder, Zdzisaw Najder

Conrad in Perspective

Essays on Art and Fidelity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The volume offers new perspectives on Conrad's life and work by one of his most extraordinary critics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021463
• ISBN-10: 0521021464
• Artikelnr.: 21686396

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction, or confession of a mastodon
2. Conrad's Polish background or, from biography to a study of culture
3. Joseph Conrad's parents
4. Joseph Conrad and Tadeusz Bobrowski
5. The Sisters: a grandiose failure
6. Lord Jim: a romantic tragedy of honour
7. The Mirror of the Sea
8. A Personal Record
9. The Secret Agent or the melodrama of reality
10. Conrad, Russia, and Dostoevsky
11. Conrad and Rousseau: concepts of man and society
12. Conrad and the idea of honour
13. Joseph Conrad: a European writer
14. Joseph Conrad after a century
15. Joseph Conrad in his historical perspective
16. Fidelity and art: Joseph Conrad's cultural heritage and literary programme
Notes
Index.