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      • Edited by J. H. Stape, St Mary's University College. London
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 May 2006
      27 June 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511999437
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521443911
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      • Collection:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
      Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1900-1945
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Collection:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1900-1945
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad offers a wide-ranging introduction to the fiction of Joseph Conrad, one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. Through a series of essays by leading Conrad scholars aimed at both students and the general reader, the volume stimulates an informed appreciation of Conrad's work based on an understanding of his cultural and historical situations and fictional techniques. A chronology and overview of Conrad's life precede chapters that explore significant issues in his major writings, and deal in depth with individual works. These are followed by discussions of the special nature of Conrad's narrative techniques, his complex relationships with late-Victorian imperialism and with literary Modernism, and his influence on other writers and artists. Each essay provides guidance to further reading, and a concluding chapter surveys the body of Conrad criticism.

    Reviews

    ‘This collection will prove invaluable for anyone wishing a balanced and well rounded study of Conrad.’

    Source: Contemporary Review

    ‘This collection is particularly impressive for shedding new light on its subject while also serving as the finest single introductory volume on Conrad presently available … This volume will become required reading for Conrad scholars; it is certainly the first place I would send students new to Conrad’s fiction.’

    Source: English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920

    ‘This very helpful Companion offers a series of essays on Conrad’s life and major works, as well as on the topics of narrative, imperialism and Modernism, and concludes with a survey of his influence. With its index and lists of further reading it is organised for ease of use and will be profited from by a wide range of readers.’

    Source: Forum for Modern Language Studies

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