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Author Watt, Ian, 1917-1999.

Title Essays on Conrad / Ian Watt
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 fast
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. larpcal
Conrad, Joseph, (1857-1924) -- Critique et interprétation. ram
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- analys och tolkning. sao
Conrad, Joseph. swd
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Letterkunde.
Literatuurkritiek.
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
LITERATURA INGLESA (CRÍTICA E INTERPRETAÇÃO)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99056318
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