Ian P. Watt

Essays on Conrad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Landmark collection of Ian Watt's essays on Joseph Conrad.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9780521780070
• ISBN-10: 0521780071
• Artikelnr.: 22375498

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Frank Kermode
1. Joseph Conrad: alienation and commitment
2. Almayer's Folly: introduction
3. Conrad criticism and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
4. Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the critics
5. Comedy and humour in Typhoon
6. Political and social background of The Secret Agent
7. The Secret Sharer: introduction
8. Conrad, James and Chance
9. Story and idea in The Shadow-Line
10. The decline of the decline: notes on Conrad's reputation
11. Around Conrad's grave
12. 'The Bridge over the River Kwai' as myth.