Joseph Conrad

Examines the life and work of nineteenth-century Polish author Joseph Conrad, featuring a biographical profile, critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas in his writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.

A biographical and critical review of the world’s most important writers. Expert analysis by Harold Bloom. A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.

Contents:
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User’s guide —
Work in the writer / Harold Bloom —
Introduction / Harold Bloom —
Biography of Joseph Conrad / Amy Sickels —
Introduction to the works of Joseph Conrad / Richard Ruppel —
Colonizers, cannibals, and the horror of good intentions in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of darkness / Carola M. Kaplan —
Ideal conception : Conrad’s Nostromo and the problem of identity / David Allen Ward —
Conrad’s modernist romance : Lord Jim / Tracy Seeley —
Chronology —
Works by Joseph Conrad —
Works about Joseph Conrad —
Contributors