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Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin-de-Siècle Literary Scene
Linda Dryden
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Description for Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin-de-Siècle Literary Scene
Hardcover. This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through to the differences that caused their estrangement, including their respective responses to the First World War. It thus gives an overview of the literary scene in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through to the differences that caused their estrangement, including their respective responses to the First World War. It thus gives an overview of the literary scene in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period.
This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through to the differences that caused their estrangement, including their respective responses to the First World War. It thus gives an overview of the literary scene in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137500113
SKU
V9781137500113
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Linda Dryden
Linda Dryden is Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University, and Director of the University's Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW). She is author of two monographs, Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance, and The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles: Stevenson, Wilde and Wells, and co-editor of Stevenson and Conrad: Writers of Transition.
Reviews for Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin-de-Siècle Literary Scene
“Dryden’s thoroughly researched monograph contains a very systematically organized and impressive bulk of data on the two turn-of-the-century writers’ relationship, and she advances her argument in a clear, reader-friendly style. … researchers looking for intersections of the two authors’ art, which have a great potential for fruitful inter-textual analysis, will probably find Dryden’s volume most helpful.” (Angelika Reichmann, Hungarian Journal ... Read more