Joseph Conrad's critical reception [electronic resource] / John G. Peters.

Contributor(s): Peters, John G. (John Gerard) | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: xiii, 274 pISBN: 9781107248762 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 823/.912 LOC classification: PR6005.O4 | Z784948 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Early Conrad commentary; 2. Beginnings of modern Conrad commentary; 3. Development of modern Conrad commentary; 4. Modern Conrad commentary; 5. Contemporary Conrad commentary; Afterword: future directions for Conrad commentary; Bibliography; Index.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Early Conrad commentary; 2. Beginnings of modern Conrad commentary; 3. Development of modern Conrad commentary; 4. Modern Conrad commentary; 5. Contemporary Conrad commentary; Afterword: future directions for Conrad commentary; Bibliography; Index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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