Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad ; edited by John G. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924, author.

Contributor:

Peters, John G. (John Gerard), editor.

Series:

Broadview editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.

Conrad, Joseph.

Heart of darkness (Conrad, Joseph).

Europeans--Africa--Fiction.

Europeans.

Discoveries in geography.

Africa.

Congo River.

Congo River Region.

Congo River--Discovery and exploration--Fiction.

Trading posts--Fiction.

Trading posts.

Degeneration--Fiction.

Degeneration.

Imperialism--Fiction.

Imperialism.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

231 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada : Broadview Press, [2019].

Summary:

"This new edition of Heart of Darkness is based on an emended version of the 1902 Blackwood edition. The introduction and appendices emphasize the historical events surrounding Joseph Conrad's time in the Belgian Congo with materials closely tied to that time period, presenting a more nuanced picture of the novella's setting."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Appendix B Correspondence from and to Conrad p. 151

1 To Albert Thys (11 April 1890) p. 151

2 To Marguerite Poradowska (15 May 1890) p. 152

3 To Karol Zagórski (22 May 1890) p. 152

4 To Marguerite Poradowska (26 September 1890) p. 154

5 To T. Fisher Unwin (22 July 1896) p. 156

6 To William Blackwood (31 December 1898) p. 157

7 To Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford] (3 January 1899) p. 158

8 To R.B. Cunninghame Graham (8 February 1899) p. 158

9 From William Blackwood (10 March 1899) p. 159

10 To William Blackwood (31 May 1902) p. 159

11 To Roger Casement (17 December 1903) p. 160

12 To Roger Casement (21 December 1903) p. 161

13 To R.B. Cunninghame Graham (26 December 1903) p. 163

14 To Ernest Dawson (25 June 1908) p. 164

Appendix C Contemporary Reviews p. 165

1 From Hugh Clifford, "The Art of Mr. Joseph Conrad," Spectator (29 November 1902) p. 165

2 From [Edward Garnett,] "Mr. Conrad's New Book," Academy and Literature (6 December 1902) p. 167

3 "Youth; and Other Stories," Graphic (3 January 1903) p. 169

4 From "Joseph Conrad," Literary World (16 January 1903) p. 169

5 From Desmond B. O'Brien [Richard Ashe King], "Letters on Books," Truth (22 January 1903) p. 171

6 From "Books Worth Reading," Times of India (14 February 1903) p. 171

7 From "Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Things of Lesser Moment," Evening Telegram (21 February 1903) p. 172

8 From "New Novels," The Australasian (28 February 1903) p. 174

9 From "Novels of the Week," Commercial Advertiser (7 March 1903) p. 174

10 From Elia W. Peattie, "On Conrad's Youth and Isham's Under the Rose," Chicago Daily Tribune (21 March 1903) p. 176

11 From George Hamlin Fitch, "On the Bookshelves," San Francisco Chronicle (12 April 1903) p. 178

12 From Frederic Taber Cooper, "Literature, American and English," International Year Book 1902 (1903) p. 179

13 From [Virginia Woolf,] "Mr. Conrad's Youth," Times Literary Supplement (20 September 1917) p. 180

Appendix D Autobiographical Writings by Conrad p. 183

1 From Joseph Conrad, Congo Diary (1890) p. 183

2 From Joseph Conrad, Some Reminiscences (1912) p. 191

3 From Joseph Conrad, "The Romance of Travel" (1 February 1924) p. 193

Appendix E Contemporary Accounts of the Congo p. 199

1 George Washington Williams, An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians and Sovereign of the Independent State of Congo (1890) p. 199

2 From Life and Letters of Samuel Norvell Lapsley, Missionary to the Congo Valley, West Africa, 1866-1892 (1893) p. 213

3 From W.P. Tisdel, "'The Realm of the Congo': My Trip to the Congo" (1890) p. 219

4 From E.J. Glave, "The Slave-Trade in the Congo Basin" (1890) p. 221

5 Léopold II, "Letter from the Ring of the Belgians" (1898) p. 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231).

ISBN:

9781554813513

1554813514

OCLC:

1083263826