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Author Watt, Ian, 1917-1999.

Title Essays on Conrad / Ian Watt.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Critique et interprétation.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
Conrad, Joseph, (1857-1924) -- Critique et interprétation.
Conrad, Joseph.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- analys och tolkning.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Watt, Ian P. Essays on Conrad. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000 0521780071 (DLC) 99056318 (OCoLC)42798214
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