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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watt, Ian, 1917-1999
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.