Lord Jim : Centennial Essays / Allan H. Simmons, J.H. Stape.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, Allan H., author.

Stape, J. H., author.

Series:

The Conradian Series

The Conradian ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Conrad, Joseph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : BRILL, 2000.

Summary:

"Lord Jim: Centennial Essays" features eight essays by major Conrad scholars to celebrate the centenary of the publication of what is possibly Joseph Conrad's best known novel. This carefully edited volume covers a wide range of topics, and includes new work on the novel's reception and sources, narrative strategies, and thematic interests. Various contemporary critical approaches - Bakhtinian, postcolonial, and historicist - are aired and reconsidered, and a generous selection of documents relating to the Jeddah affair of 1880 sheds light on Conrad's use of real-life materials. The kaleidoscopic perspectives brought to bear on this landmark of literary Modernism will stimulate and challenge both scholars and students alike.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Notes on Contributors

Lord Jim and Embarrassment

Bakhtin's Monologism and the Endings of Crime and Punishment and Lord Jim

"He was misleading": Frustrated Gestures in Lord Jim

Reading as Homecoming: Expatriation as a Critical Discourse in Lord Jim

"Usque ad Finem": Under Western Eyes, Lord Jim, and Conrad's Red Uncle

Louis Becke's Gentlemen Pirates and Lord Jim

The Missing Crew of the Patna

John Dos Passos on Lord Jim

Newspaper Accounts of the Jeddah Affair.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-50242-4