The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad: 1898-1902 v. 2
Joseph Conrad(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 14. August 1986
Book
Hardback
523 pages
978-0-521-25748-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the second of the projected eight-volume edition comprising all the surviving letters of Joseph Conrad. Once completed the edition will have assembled over 3,500 letters, one third of them as yet unpublished and many others only published before in inaccurate versions. The period covered by this volume, 1898--1902, was one of considerable achievement and anxiety for Conrad. The birth of his first child, the death of Stephen Crane, the murder of a friend's son, an encounter with an early X-ray machine, imperial wars in Cuba and South Africa - these events forced Conrad to face the problems of identity in terms of family, nation, history, and the cosmic order. This is also the period of 'Youth', 'Amy Foster', 'Typhoon', Lord Jim, and 'Heart of Darkness'. Often funny, always thoughtful, full of verbal energy even in the toils of severe depression, the letters in Volume Two present Conrad at a crucial though vulnerable moment of his life and literary career.
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Language
English
French
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
795 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-25748-0 (9780521257480)
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