Joseph Conrad and the modern temper /
A study of Conrad's work set against the crisis of modernity at the turn of the century. It discusses nine major novels and novellas, and presents Conrad as a "modernist at war with modernity" who, despite his affinity with the Nietzschean outlook, rejected its ultimate implications.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon,
1991.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A study of Conrad's work set against the crisis of modernity at the turn of the century. It discusses nine major novels and novellas, and presents Conrad as a "modernist at war with modernity" who, despite his affinity with the Nietzschean outlook, rejected its ultimate implications. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191671081 0191671088 |