Joseph Conrad : a life /

"This new, extensively revised edition presents a wealth of new material from recently-opened former eastern-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early...

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Main Author: Najder, Zdzisław
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2007.
Edition:2nd extensively rev. English-language ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:"This new, extensively revised edition presents a wealth of new material from recently-opened former eastern-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early English reading and correspondence; his experiences in the Congo; the circumstances of writing his memoirs, and much more. In addition, several aspects of Conrad's life and works are more thoroughly analyzed: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; his attitude toward socialism, his reaction to the reception of his books"--Publisher website (August 2007).
Item Description:The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Revised edition of: Joseph Conrad, a chronicle. c1983.
Physical Description:xxiv, 745 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [687]-703) and indexes.
ISBN:9781571133472 (acid-free paper)
157113347X (acid-free paper)