Cedric M. A. Ph. D. Watts (Professor)

A Preface to Conrad (eBook, ePUB)

Second Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Widely recommended, this guide to Conrad offers a vivid and incisive account of his life and literary career, and gives detailed attention to the contexts, themes, problems and paradoxes of his works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317874270
• Artikelnr.: 41785387

Autorenporträt

Watts, Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Professor)

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The Writer and his Setting
Chapter 1 Biographical background
Chapter 2 Cultural background
Part 2 The Art of Conrad
Chapter 3 Conrad on his art
Chapter 4 The pressure towards paradox
Chapter 5 The covert plot: three examples
Chapter 6 Textual commentaries
Chapter 7 Nostromo
Chapter 8 Heroes, heroines, gender and feminism
Chapter 9 Conrad's place in literary history
Part 3 Reference Section
symbp A list of symbolic or allegoric names in Conrad's fiction
Gazetteer
Short biographies