
The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad(Author)
Laurence Davies(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 3. September 2015
Book
Hardback
596 pages
978-0-521-19192-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the publication of the Cambridge edition of The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, the numerous letters in the nine volumes, many of them published for the first time and many more taken from hard-to-find books and journals, have had a profound influence on writing about Conrad. This selection makes the highlights available in one volume. The letters have been re-edited with shorter footnotes and an emphasis on the latest scholarship. Letters originally written in French or Polish appear only in revised English translations. Among the topics that stand out are Conrad's memories of growing up in Poland and Ukraine, his ideas about fiction, often expressed in precise but sympathetic comments on the work of his friends, the anxieties of war and revolution, his struggle to keep his integrity as a writer, and his lives as a sailor and a family man.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14 Plates, black and white; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
967 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-19192-0 (9780521191920)
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Persons
Laurence Davies is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow.
Content
Introduction; Letters: 1861-1893; 1894-1897; 1898-1902; 1903-1908; 1909-1913; 1914-1918; 1919-1922; 1924-1924; Conrad's correspondents.