A political genealogy of Joseph Conrad / Richard Ruppel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruppel, Richard J. (Richard Jeffrey), 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Political fiction, English--History and criticism.

Political fiction, English.

Politics in literature.

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Political and social views.

Conrad, Joseph.

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>In this comprehensive analysis, Richard Ruppel, a former president of the Joseph Conrad Society of America, reveals the radical contingency of the politics in Conrad's major fiction. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">A Political Genealogy of Joseph Conrad</span><span> is the first full-length analysis of Conrad's politics since the 1960s.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897), Almayer's Folly (1895), and An Outcast of the Islands (1896); 2 Lord Jim (1900); 3 Heart of Darkness (1899-1900); 4 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (1904); 5 "An Anarchist" (1906), "The Informer" (1906), and The Secret Agent (1907); 6 A Personal Record (1912) and Under Western Eyes (1911); 7 Chance (1912); Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-0500-7

0-7391-7825-3

OCLC:

898476874