Essays on Conrad
- Author: Ian Watt
- Date Published: July 2000
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521783873
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Ian Watt (1917-1999) has long been acknowledged as one of the finest of postwar literary critics, and among the most learned of those writing about the work of Joseph Conrad. Essays on Conrad is a collection of Watt's most characteristic essays on Conrad's work. Watt's own philosophy, as well as his insight into Conrad's work, was shaped by his experiences as a prisoner of war on the River Kwai. His moving account of these experiences completes this essential collection of Watt essays.
Read more- Landmark collection of essays by Ian Watt, leading post-war critic
- Ian Watt's essays mostly on the later work of Conrad, taking place of long-awaited follow-up to Conrad in the Nineteenth Century, which will now never appear because of Watt's death last year
- Also includes famous and moving account of Watt's experiences as a prisoner on the River Kwai, and foreword by Sir Frank Kermode
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"upper-division undergraduates through scholars will delight in these cool, clean meditations on the enigmatic Conradas work." Choice
See more reviews"Watt demonstrated the insightfulness and originality, critical balance and comprehensiveness of scope scholars...it is nevertheless useful to have the essay collected." English Literature in Transition 2002
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- Date Published: July 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521783873
- length: 228 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 154 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.33kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword: Frank Kermode
1. Joseph Conrad: alienation and commitment
2. Almayer's Folly: introduction
3. Conrad criticism and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'
4. Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the critics
5. Comedy and humour in Typhoon
6. Political and social background of The Secret Agent
7. The Secret Sharer: introduction
8. Conrad, James and Chance
9. Story and idea in The Shadow-Line
10. The decline of the decline: notes on Conrad's reputation
11. Around Conrad's grave
12. 'The Bridge over the River Kwai' as myth.
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