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Essays on Conrad /

Watt's work, Conrad in the Nineteenth Century, was to have been followed by a volume addressing Conrad's later work, but the material for this second volume remained in essay form. It is these essays which form the nucleus of Essays on Conrad.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watt, Ian, 1917-1999
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Frank Kermode
  • Joseph Conrad: alienation and commitment
  • Almayer's Folly: introduction
  • Conrad criticism and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
  • Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the critics
  • Comedy and humour in Typhoon
  • Political and social background of The Secret Agent
  • The Secret Sharer: introduction
  • Conrad, James and Chance
  • Story and idea in The Shadow-Line
  • The decline of the decline: notes on Conrad's reputation
  • Around Conrad's grave
  • 'The Bridge over the River Kwai' as myth.