Polish heritage -- Polish childhood, 1857-1874 -- Marseilles and the Carlists, 1874-1878 -- English sailor, 1878-1886 -- From second mate to master, 1880-1886 -- Eastern voyages, 1886-1889 -- Into the Congo, 1890 -- Sailor to writer, 1891-1894 -- Courtship and marriage, 1894-1896 -- Literary friends
Joseph Conrad: A Commemoration
✍ Scribed by Norman Sherry Professor of English Literature (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 241
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
The Conradian Voice....Pages 1-16
‘Gnawed Bones’ and ‘Artless Tales’ — Eating and Narrative in Conrad....Pages 17-36
Impressionism and Symbolism in Heart of Darkness....Pages 37-53
Impressionism Limited....Pages 54-64
Conrad and Nietzsche....Pages 65-76
Conrad and Rousseau: Concepts of Man and Society....Pages 77-90
Conrad and Russia....Pages 91-104
Rhetoric and Ideology in Conrad’s Under Western Eyes....Pages 105-118
Speech and Writing in Under Western Eyes....Pages 119-128
Narrative Form in Conrad and Lowry....Pages 129-142
On Editing Conrad....Pages 143-155
Conrad and Pinker....Pages 156-173
Conrad and The Good Soldier....Pages 174-182
Ford’s Interpretation of Conrad’s Technique....Pages 183-193
The Problem of Language....Pages 194-198
The True Birthplace of Joseph Conrad....Pages 199-205
Conrad’s Reception in Poland for the Last Sixty Years....Pages 206-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-224
✦ Subjects
Fiction; Nineteenth-Century Literature; Twentieth-Century Literature
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