Conrad and Language

The essays in this collection examine Conrad's engagement with specific lexical sets and terminology – maritime language, the language of terror, and abstract language; issues of linguistic communication – speech, hearing, and writing; and his relationship to specific languages.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vi
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A Note on Texts
pp vii-viii
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Introduction
pp 1-9
- By Katherine Isobel Baxter, Reader in English Literature at Northumbria University, UK, Robert Hampson, Professor of Modern Literature in the English Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
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1 - Conrad and Nautical Language: Flying Moors and Crimson Barometers
pp 10-27
- By Robert Hampson, Professor of Modern Literature in the English Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
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2 - Navigating the ‘Terroristic Wilderness’: Conrad's Language of Terror
pp 28-43
- By Andrew Glazzard, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Service Institute, UK
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3 - Conrad, G. E. Moore and Idealism
pp 44-63
- By John Attridge, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Service Institute, UK
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4 - Conrad's Language of Passivity: Unmoving towards Late Modernism
pp 64-81
- By Yael Levin, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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5 - The Powers of Speech in Conrad's Fiction
pp 82-98
- By Josiane Paccaud-Huguet, Professor of Modern English Literature and Literary Theory at Université Lumière-Lyon 2, France
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6 - ‘Soundless as Shadows’: Language and Disability in the Political Novels
pp 99-116
- By Katherine Isobel Baxter, Reader in English Literature at Northumbria University, UK
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7 - Conrad and Romanised Print Form: From Tuan Almayer to ‘Prince Roman’
pp 117-131
- By Christopher Gogwilt, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Fordham University, USA
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8 - Languages in Conrad's Malay Fiction
pp 132-150
- By Andrew Francis, PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK
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9 - Gallicisms: The Secret Agent in Conrad's Prose
pp 151-167
- By Claude Maisonnat, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the Université Lumière-Lyon2, France
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10 - ‘The speech of my secret choice’: Language and Authorial Identity in A Personal Record
pp 168-185
- By Andrew Purssell, Assistant Editor of the Conradian
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11 - The Russian Redemption of The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes
pp 186-203
- By Ludmilla Voitkovska, Associate Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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Afterword
pp 204-212
- By Laurence Davies, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Modern Languages
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Contributors
pp 213-215
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Index
pp 216-219
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

A Note on Texts
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-9

1 - Conrad and Nautical Language: Flying Moors and Crimson Barometers
pp 10-27

2 - Navigating the ‘Terroristic Wilderness’: Conrad's Language of Terror
pp 28-43

3 - Conrad, G. E. Moore and Idealism
pp 44-63

4 - Conrad's Language of Passivity: Unmoving towards Late Modernism
pp 64-81

5 - The Powers of Speech in Conrad's Fiction
pp 82-98

6 - ‘Soundless as Shadows’: Language and Disability in the Political Novels
pp 99-116

7 - Conrad and Romanised Print Form: From Tuan Almayer to ‘Prince Roman’
pp 117-131

8 - Languages in Conrad's Malay Fiction
pp 132-150

9 - Gallicisms: The Secret Agent in Conrad's Prose
pp 151-167

10 - ‘The speech of my secret choice’: Language and Authorial Identity in A Personal Record
pp 168-185

11 - The Russian Redemption of The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes
pp 186-203

Afterword
pp 204-212

Contributors
pp 213-215

Index
pp 216-219

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