Joseph Conrad
Wieslaw Krajka
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Description for Joseph Conrad
Hardcover. A collection of essays written by eminent and emerging Conrad scholars from all corners of the world, this book deals with (1) Joseph Conrad's East European and Polish contexts and (2) Joseph Conrad's imperial and American contexts, as well as selected ethical-philosophical and textological-narrative issues. Editor(s): Krajka, Wieslaw. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Thirteen contributors from a variety of backgrounds tackle the use of irony, contrast, narrative, themes of belonging, Englishness, imperialism, portrayals of women, and conceptions of truth and evil as they were expressed in the work of Joseph Conrad. Wieslaw Krajka expands Conrad criticism to explore the modernist's mastery of literary technique and his contribution to visions of humanity. Krajka's collection opens with two essays that explore the identity of Conrad, his characters, and his narrators, and then engages with the ideology, philosophy, and ethics of Conrad's fiction, especially the balance he strikes between literary technique and the meanings those ... Read more
Thirteen contributors from a variety of backgrounds tackle the use of irony, contrast, narrative, themes of belonging, Englishness, imperialism, portrayals of women, and conceptions of truth and evil as they were expressed in the work of Joseph Conrad. Wieslaw Krajka expands Conrad criticism to explore the modernist's mastery of literary technique and his contribution to visions of humanity. Krajka's collection opens with two essays that explore the identity of Conrad, his characters, and his narrators, and then engages with the ideology, philosophy, and ethics of Conrad's fiction, especially the balance he strikes between literary technique and the meanings those ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Bradenton, United States
ISBN
9780880336512
SKU
V9780880336512
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About Wieslaw Krajka
Wieslaw Krajka is professor of English at the Center for Conrad Studies, Maria Curie-Sklodowska Unversity, Poland, and the editor of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives.
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