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Essays on Conrad / Ian Watt

Author
Watt, Ian, 1917-1999
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2000]
Copyright Date
©2000
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 214 pages)
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Language Note
English.
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.
Summary
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.
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0511013744 (electronic bk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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