Under Western Eyes
Part of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad
- Real Author: Joseph Conrad
- Editors:
- Roger Osborne, University of New South Wales, Canberra
- Paul Eggert, University of New South Wales, Canberra
- Introduction by: Keith Carabine, University of Kent, Canterbury
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- isbn: 9781107453234
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Set in the tumultuous political world of Tsarist repression and revolutionary intrigue in St Petersburg and Geneva, Under Western Eyes (1911) renders with searing intensity the psychological torment of its Russian protagonist, a university student who, in betraying another, has betrayed himself. Based upon a comparison of the existing manuscript and other materials, this scholarly and first extensively annotated edition of Joseph Conrad's great novel Under Western Eyes differs from all previous printings by more accurately reflecting Conrad's writing process. The reading text is supported by new scholarly materials that are the result of fifteen years of investigation: essays on the textual and biographical history of the novel, extensive notes, appendices and maps, as well as a full listing of the thousands of textual variants in the early forms of the novel, including the 18,000 words that Conrad himself deleted.
Read more- The first extensively annotated edition, including historical, biographical, contextual annotations
- Full listing of textual variants in the early forms of the novel, including retrieval of the 18,000 words Conrad deleted during revision
- An MLA Approved Edition, MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions
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'There are punctilious descriptions of parts of the narrative, especially the unique provenance of single sheets (including descriptions of the handwritings on several separate sheets). This extraordinary exhaustiveness, while not unusual in the Conrad industry, distinguishes this Edition of Under Western Eyes and assures us that extreme care has been being devoted to details of this challenging artifact … this Edition of Under Western Eyes is a triumph of the textual editor’s heart.' Dale Kramer, Joseph Conrad Today
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-131149
Conrad can be a difficult and elusive figure to deal with.The critical cross-currents which surround him, have often proved problematic to a newcomer faced with his work for the first-time.The introduction to this edition is excellent and approachable,backed, as it is, by commentaries, and painstaking textual variants.Conrads growing status is scrupulously charted the novel immaculately presented. Here are all the elements within which a conscious artist produced such a gripping and memorable work. For those who wish to develop,or begin, their interest in this writer,it does not get any better than this.
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- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781107453234
- contains: 5 b/w illus. 1 map
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
General editors' preface
Chronology
Abbreviations and note on editions
Introduction
Under Western Eyes
The texts: an essay
Apparatus
Textual notes
Appendices
Explanatory notes
Map.
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