The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
Volume 8. 1923–1924
Part of The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad
- Real Author: Joseph Conrad
- Editors:
- Laurence Davies, University of Glasgow
- Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Date Published: December 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521561976
Hardback
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available for inspection. However, if you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an inspection copy. To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching.
-
Volume Eight of Conrad's collected letters covers the last nineteen months of his life (1923-24). Much of this correspondence is unpublished; its editors have had access to the major private collections as well as holdings in public and academic libraries. The letters themselves are accompanied by notes on contexts, allusions, and editorial problems, and prefaced with a general introduction and biographies of the correspondents. Letters to his family written during his visit to the United States are a notable feature of this collection, which is also rich in comments on literary questions, current events, his experiences at sea, the reception of The Rover, and work on his unfinished novel, Suspense.
Read more- Complete coverage of the period with full explanatory notes
- A large number of previously unknown but revealing letters
- Conrad's letters will interest scholars and students of his fiction
Reviews & endorsements
'… the meticuolous editing of the letters themselves, the supporting documentation - chronology, photographs, biographies of recipients, holders and sources of the letters, footnotes, indexes, statements of editorial principles ad the introductions - are nothing less than superb. … Throughout, they have indeed offered us 'the feast of reason and the floe of soul' through this intimate contact with the life, mind and art of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.' Mara Kalnins, Notes and Queries
See more reviews'What is so remarkable about these late letters is their energy, freshness and originality … We turn to the letters, as to the fiction and essays, in order to experience a vanished world and to understand better the mind and temperament that transited to contemporary and future generations those values on which the health of human society depends … In previous reviews of volumes in the magnificent Cambridge University Press The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad this reviewer has paid tribute to the edition, which is unrivalled for clarity, precision of presentation, and accuracy of scholarship. In addition to the meticulous editing of the letters themselves, the supporting documentation are nothing less than superb. … The achievement of Laurence Davies and his co-editors in [this] volume, as in the earlier ones, is beyond praise.' Mara Kalnins, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521561976
- length: 498 pages
- dimensions: 223 x 148 x 32 mm
- weight: 0.746kg
- contains: 11 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of holders of letters
Published sources of letters
Other frequently cited works
Chronology, 1923-1924
Introduction to Volume Eight
Conrad's correspondents, 1923-1924
Editorial procedures
Letters
Silent corrections to the text
Indexes.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×