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Cedric M. A. (Professor) Watts

A Preface to Conrad

Second Edition. 2. Auflage. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,6 cm / 14,0 cm / 1,3 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780582437685

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236 Seiten
September 2000
Routledge

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.

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

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;