Conrad in perspective : essays on art and fidelity /

Zdzislaw Najder, one of the world's leading authorities on Joseph Conrad and author of the major biography Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle (1983), is widely acclaimed for his particular insights into Conrad's Polish background. The fruits of thirty years of Conrad study appear in this landmark...

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Egile nagusia: Najder, Zdzisław
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Argitaratua: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Aurkibidea:
  • 1. Introduction, or confession of a mastodon
  • 2. Conrad's Polish background, or from biography to a study of culture
  • 3. Joseph Conrad's parents
  • 4. Joseph Conrad and Tadeusz Bobrowski
  • 5. The Sisters: a grandiose failure
  • 6. Lord Jim: a Romantic tragedy of honour
  • 7. The Mirror of the Sea
  • 8. A Personal Record
  • 9. Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, or the melodrama of reality
  • 10. Conrad, Russia and Dostoevsky
  • 11. Conrad and Rousseau: concepts of man and society
  • 12. Conrad and the idea of honour
  • 13. Joseph Conrad: a European writer
  • 14. Joseph Conrad after a century
  • 15. Joseph Conrad in his historical perspective
  • 16. Fidelity and art: Joseph Conrad's cultural heritage and literary programme.