The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Europe
Published on 21. September 2023
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Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-1-350-29149-2 (ISBN)
Description
Born and brought up in Poland bilingually in French and Polish but living for most of his professional life in England and writing in English, Joseph Conrad was, from the start, as much a European writer as he was a British one and his work - from his earliest fictions through Heart of Darkness, Nostromo and The Secret Agent to his later novels- has repeatedly been the focal point of discussions about key issues of the modern age.
With chapters written by leading international scholars, this book provides a wide-ranging survey of the reception, translation and publication history of Conrad's works across Europe. Covering reviews and critical discussion, and with some attention to adaptations in other media, these chapters situate Conrad's works in their social and political context. The book also includes bibliographies of key translations in each of the European countries covered and a timeline of Conrad's reception throughout the continent.
With chapters written by leading international scholars, this book provides a wide-ranging survey of the reception, translation and publication history of Conrad's works across Europe. Covering reviews and critical discussion, and with some attention to adaptations in other media, these chapters situate Conrad's works in their social and political context. The book also includes bibliographies of key translations in each of the European countries covered and a timeline of Conrad's reception throughout the continent.
Reviews / Votes
This collection will undoubtedly become the major reference work for Conrad's European reception. Whether it is used for research into an individual country or to explore different topics from a transnational perspective, this is an invaluable new resource. -- Patricia Pye * Joseph Conrad Today * [T]his volume provides a substantial and much-awaited contribution to the reception history of the work of Joseph Conrad and his intellectual and cultural legacy, and sheds light on the life of a man who was alienated from his own world and lived in a permanent internal and external exile. -- Maria del Mar Martinez de Osaba Ranon * Philologica Canariensia * Although scholarship on Joseph Conrad has been dominated by the Anglo-American academy, The European Reception of Joseph Conrad demonstrates just how broadly scholarly interest in Conrad extends, especially in Europe. This excellent volume is a most welcome addition to Conrad scholarship. * John G. Peters, Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas, USA * This collection brims with surprises. Describing translations, reviews, debates, and artistic responses to Conrad's work, its contributors excel in the variety of their approaches and their alertness to the contrasting rhythms of scepticism and admiration from country to country. * Laurence Davies, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Kings College London, UK *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
960 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-29149-2 (9781350291492)
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Robert Hampson was for many years Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Royal Holloway and Research Fellow at the University of London Institute for English Studies. Chair of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) and currently co-editor of the journal The Conradian, he has edited numerous works by Conrad, Kipling and Rider Haggard for the Penguin Classics series. His previous publications on Conrad includes Conrad's Secrets (2012) and Joseph Conrad: A Critical Life (2020).
Veronique Pauly is Senior Lecturer at the University of Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines/University of Paris-Saclay, France a former Director of the Institut d'etudes culturelles et internationelles, and a researcher at the Centre d'Histoire Culturelle des Societes Contemporaines. She is President of the French Conradian Society and has published on Joseph Conrad and contemporary British writers.
Veronique Pauly is Senior Lecturer at the University of Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines/University of Paris-Saclay, France a former Director of the Institut d'etudes culturelles et internationelles, and a researcher at the Centre d'Histoire Culturelle des Societes Contemporaines. She is President of the French Conradian Society and has published on Joseph Conrad and contemporary British writers.
Content
Series Editor's Preface: Elinor Shaffer
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Timeline of the European Reception of Joseph Conrad
Introduction: Joseph Conrad's Life and Afterlife in Mainland Europe
Robert Hampson
Part 1: The reception of Conrad in Poland (1896-2018)
Chapter 1: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Poland (1896-2018)
Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pospiech
Chapter 2: The Polish Translation and Reception of Lord Jim.
Ewa Kujawski-Lis
Chapter 3: Polonizing Siberia's Heart of Darkness: Conrad Written Back in Jacek Dukaj's Ice
Daniel Schuemann
Part 2: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in France, Germany and Italy
Chapter 4: Conrad's Early Reception in the Context of the French Roman D'Aventures.
Mark Fitzpatrick
Chapter 5: The French Reception of Joseph Conrad from the 1930s to the Present Day
Veronique Pauly
Chapter 6: Publishing under Pressure: Conrad's Reception in Germany 1900 -1945 -and After
Anthony Fothergill
Chapter 7: German Democratic Republic: Conrad's reception under socialist eyes
Frank Foerster
Chapter 8: Conrad Translations in Austria and Switzerland
Frank Foerster
Chapter 9: The Italian Translations of Conrad
Mario Curreli
Chapter 10: 'The Battle for Conrad' inside and outside Italian academia in the years 1924-1960
Richard Ambrosini
Chapter 11: Conrad's Critical Reception in Italy 1924-2021
Fausto Ciompi
Part 3. Conrad's reception in Spain and Latin America
Chapter 12: The Reception of Conrad in Spain
Daniel Zurbano Garcia
Chapter 13: From Unrest to Anthropology: (well nigh) a Century of Conrad in Catalonia
Jacqueline Hurtley
Chapter 14: The Spanish and Catalan Reception of Conrad's Poetics: A History in Three Vignettes
Marta Puxan-Oliva
Chapter 15: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Latin America
Maria Jesus Lorenzo-Modia
Chapter 16: An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
Maria Jesus Lorenzo-Modia
Chapter 17: Borges and Conrad
Evelyn Fishburn
Part 4: Conrad's Reception in other European Countries
Chapter 18: Conrad's Artistic Returns: Perspectives on a Bulgarian Debut in Staging 'Heart of Darkness'
Petya Ivanova, Margreta Grigorova
Chapter 19: Within the Tides: the Czech Reception of Joseph Conrad
Zdenek Beran
Chapter 20: Joseph Conrad's Translations and Reception in Denmark
Ebbe Klitgard
Chapter 21: Conrad in Greece: Translation, Performance, Politics
Nikolaos Panagopoulos
Chapter 22: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Hungary
Balasz. Csizmadia
Chapter 23: Conrad's Reception in Ireland.
Richard Niland
Chapter 24: The 'Bard of Particular Elements': Conrad's Reception in Russia
Ludmilla Voitkova
Chapter 25: A Familial Soul in Slovenia and Former Yugoslavia
Majda Savle
Chapter 26: The Swedish Use of Conrad
Claes Lindskog
Chapter 27: Conrad's Academic Reception in Sweden
Johan Warodell
Chapter 28: 'One of Us': Conrad's Reception in Ukraine
Ludmilla Voitkowa
Chapter 29: The Early Ukrainian Critical reception of Joseph Conrad
Dmytro Kozak
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Timeline of the European Reception of Joseph Conrad
Introduction: Joseph Conrad's Life and Afterlife in Mainland Europe
Robert Hampson
Part 1: The reception of Conrad in Poland (1896-2018)
Chapter 1: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Poland (1896-2018)
Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pospiech
Chapter 2: The Polish Translation and Reception of Lord Jim.
Ewa Kujawski-Lis
Chapter 3: Polonizing Siberia's Heart of Darkness: Conrad Written Back in Jacek Dukaj's Ice
Daniel Schuemann
Part 2: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in France, Germany and Italy
Chapter 4: Conrad's Early Reception in the Context of the French Roman D'Aventures.
Mark Fitzpatrick
Chapter 5: The French Reception of Joseph Conrad from the 1930s to the Present Day
Veronique Pauly
Chapter 6: Publishing under Pressure: Conrad's Reception in Germany 1900 -1945 -and After
Anthony Fothergill
Chapter 7: German Democratic Republic: Conrad's reception under socialist eyes
Frank Foerster
Chapter 8: Conrad Translations in Austria and Switzerland
Frank Foerster
Chapter 9: The Italian Translations of Conrad
Mario Curreli
Chapter 10: 'The Battle for Conrad' inside and outside Italian academia in the years 1924-1960
Richard Ambrosini
Chapter 11: Conrad's Critical Reception in Italy 1924-2021
Fausto Ciompi
Part 3. Conrad's reception in Spain and Latin America
Chapter 12: The Reception of Conrad in Spain
Daniel Zurbano Garcia
Chapter 13: From Unrest to Anthropology: (well nigh) a Century of Conrad in Catalonia
Jacqueline Hurtley
Chapter 14: The Spanish and Catalan Reception of Conrad's Poetics: A History in Three Vignettes
Marta Puxan-Oliva
Chapter 15: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Latin America
Maria Jesus Lorenzo-Modia
Chapter 16: An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
Maria Jesus Lorenzo-Modia
Chapter 17: Borges and Conrad
Evelyn Fishburn
Part 4: Conrad's Reception in other European Countries
Chapter 18: Conrad's Artistic Returns: Perspectives on a Bulgarian Debut in Staging 'Heart of Darkness'
Petya Ivanova, Margreta Grigorova
Chapter 19: Within the Tides: the Czech Reception of Joseph Conrad
Zdenek Beran
Chapter 20: Joseph Conrad's Translations and Reception in Denmark
Ebbe Klitgard
Chapter 21: Conrad in Greece: Translation, Performance, Politics
Nikolaos Panagopoulos
Chapter 22: The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Hungary
Balasz. Csizmadia
Chapter 23: Conrad's Reception in Ireland.
Richard Niland
Chapter 24: The 'Bard of Particular Elements': Conrad's Reception in Russia
Ludmilla Voitkova
Chapter 25: A Familial Soul in Slovenia and Former Yugoslavia
Majda Savle
Chapter 26: The Swedish Use of Conrad
Claes Lindskog
Chapter 27: Conrad's Academic Reception in Sweden
Johan Warodell
Chapter 28: 'One of Us': Conrad's Reception in Ukraine
Ludmilla Voitkowa
Chapter 29: The Early Ukrainian Critical reception of Joseph Conrad
Dmytro Kozak