Joseph Conrad Selected Literary Criticism and the Shadow Line (Methuen English Texts) by Allan Ingram ISBN 13: 9780416393507

Routledge, March 1987. Paper Back. Good.

Routledge, 1987-03-26. Paperback. Good.

GB: Methuen, 1986. Lacks rear endpaper.. Paperback. VG+/No DW.

London England / New York: Methuen, 1986. Paperback. This volume brings together selections from the critical writings of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and one of his best long stories, The Shadow-Line. The criticism is chosen from the whole span of his literary career and includes letters, prefaces and essays.Some, like the preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', and essays on Henry James and Hon Glasworth, are printed in full; others are extracts from letters to friends and publishers in which Conrad deals with what he has been trying to achieve in his major works. The commentary establishes the significance to Conrad's fiction of his positions as a critic and demostrates how a knowledge of his criticism can enrich a read of The Shadow-Line, perhaps the most satisfying and thought-provoking text of Conrad's later writing. 273 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First… Read More

London: Routledge,. Paperback. 273pp. A selection of the literary criticism of novelist Joseph Conrad plus his long short story The Shadow-Line. Also includes critical commentary on The Shadow-Line. Slightly rubbed. A little unevenly sunned. Good, sound copy. . Paperback. 1986.