Conrad Under Familial Eyes Hardback
Edited by Zdzislaw Najder
Hardback
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This volume brings together a wide range of letters and documents which collectively shed a great deal of light on Joseph Conrad's cultural roots, a subject of growing interest in recent years.
The texts have been edited by Professor Zdzislaw Najder, one of the most eminent of Conrad scholars, and translated by Halina Carroll-Najder.
Very few of the texts collected here have been made available in English before; many have never appeared in the original Polish.
The texts are grouped according to the events and subjects referred to.
A significant collection of letters by Conrad's parents is particularly revealing.
His mother, Ewa, emerges as a deeply patriotic and religious woman who was intensely loyal to her husband.
His father, Apollo, was a complex man; proud, self-centered, even opinionated, he was a poet and writer of satirical comedies as well as being an outspoken democrat and fierce patriot.
A different influence on the young Conrad was exerted by his uncle - guardian, Tadeusz Bobrowski, a levelheaded rationalist and enlightened liberal; numerous fragments of his memoirs are included in the book.
His book will be an essential tool of reference for all serious students of Conrad.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/02/1984
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- ISBN:9780521250825
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/02/1984
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521250825
