Joseph Conrad: Contemporary Reviews

John G. Peters · Allan H. Simmons

Jan 2023 · Cambridge University Press

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870

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About this ebook

Joseph Conrad: Contemporary Reviews (five volumes) is an indispensable resource for Conrad specialists and students of literary Modernism generally, aiming to provide as complete a view as possible of the contemporary reception of Joseph Conrad's works in the English-speaking world. These volumes offer insights into early twentieth-century reviewing practices, the marketing of literary fiction and the wide interest in such writing, as reviews of Conrad's work regularly appeared in provincial and colonial newspapers. Contemporary Reviews Volume 5 offers previously unavailable reviews spanning Conrad's career, from Almayer's Folly (1895) to Last Essays (1926). The nearly one thousand reviews collected here chart the consolidation of Conrad's reputation as a major English author, recording his impact upon late-Victorian literature and demonstrating how he helped shape literary Modernism. Articulating areas of critical interest that continue to attract readers and commentators today, the Contemporary Reviews confirm Conrad's growing stature in the colonial literary marketplace.

About the author

John G. Peters is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Conrad and Impressionism (2001) and The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad (2006). His editions include Conrad in the Public Eye (2008), A Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad (2010), and Under Western Eyes (2009). He is General Editor of Conradiana.

Allan H. Simmons is Professor of English Literature at St Mary's University, Twickenham. He is General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, for which he has also edited a number of individual volumes, including An Outcast of the Islands (2016), The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (2017) and A Set of Six (2021). A member of the executive of the Joseph Conrad Society, he is General Editor of The Conradian.

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