Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English -- and world -- literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting l...

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Main Author:	Najder, Zdzisław 1930- (Author)
Other Authors:	Carroll-Najder, Halina (Translator)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, N.Y. Camden House 2007
Edition:	second extensively revised English-language edition
Subjects:	Conrad, Joseph / 1857-1924 Conrad, Joseph / 1857-1924 / Knowledge and learning Conrad, Joseph > 1857-1924 Authors, English / 20th century / Biography Poland / In literature Biografie
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources. Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English -- and world -- literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. For the biographer this is a double-edged sword, however: thereare many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult. Zdzislaw Najder's meticulously documented biography first appeared in English in 1983, garnering high praise as the best, most complete biography of Conrad. Najder's command of English, French, Polish, and Russian allowed him access to a greater variety of sources than any other biographer, and his Polish background and his own experience as an exile have afforded him a unique affinity forConrad and his milieu. All this has come into play once again in the present, extensively revised edition: much of its extensive new material was unearthed in newly-opened former east-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early English reading and correspondence; his experiences in the Congo; the circumstances of writing his memoirs, and much more. In addition, several aspects of Conrad's life and works are more thoroughly analyzed: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; his attitude toward socialism, his reaction to the reception of his books. Zdzislaw Najder teaches at the European Academy, Cracow
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Mar 2023) In the shadow of alien ghosts, 1857-1874 -- In Marseilles, 1874-1878 -- The Red ensign, 1878-1886 -- Master in the British merchant marine, 1886-1890 -- To the end of the night, 1890 -- The sail and the pen, 1891-1894 -- Work and romance, 1894-1896 -- Strivings, experiments, doubts : 1896-1898 -- Ford, the pent, and Jim : 1898-1900 -- Difficult maturity, 1900-1904 -- Uphill, 1904-1909 -- Crisis and success, 1910-1914 -- Journey to Poland, 1914 -- The war and the memories, 1914-1919 -- Hope and resignation, 1919-1924
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 745 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781571136978
DOI:	10.1017/9781571136978