Joseph Conrad's critical reception / John G. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Conrad, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories have consistently figured into - and helped to define - the dominant trends in literary criticism. This book is the first to provide a thorough yet accessible overview of Conrad scholarship and criticism spanning the entire history of Conrad studies, from the 1895 publication of his first book, Almayer's Folly, to the present. While tracing the general evolution of the commentary surrounding Conrad's work, John G. Peters's careful analysis also evaluates Conrad's impact on critical trends such as the belles lettres tradition, the New Criticism, psychoanalysis, structuralist and post-structuralist criticism, narratology, postcolonial studies, gender and women's studies, and ecocriticism. The breadth and scope of Peters's study make this text an essential resource for Conrad scholars and students of English literature and literary criticism.

Contents:

Early Conrad commentary

Beginnings of modern Conrad commentary

Development of modern Conrad commentary

Modern Conrad commentary

Contemporary Conrad commentary

Afterword: future directions for Conrad commentary.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88972-9

1-107-25125-7

1-139-54229-X

1-107-25042-0

1-107-24876-0

1-107-24793-4

1-107-24959-7

OCLC:

841487792