TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters,John G.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Joseph Conrad's critical reception
AV  - PR6005.O4 Z784948 2013
U1  - 823/.912 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Conrad, Joseph,
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "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"--
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