Conrad and Women Contributor(s): Jones, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198184484 ISBN-13: 9780198184485 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: This book challenges the traditional image of Joseph Conrad as writer of the sea, a man in a man's world. It re-establishes the importance of significant women in his life, and his engagement with women's writing. Rethinking received views of Conrad as a modernist writer, it also explores the experimentation of his later, less familiar works, first published in the women's pages of popular journals. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 99020890 |
Lexile Measure: 1660 |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.98" W x 8.72" (1.08 lbs) 260 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book challenges the traditional image of Joseph Conrad as writer of the sea, a man in a man's world. It re-establishes the importance of significant women in his life, and his engagement with women's writing. Rethinking received views of Conrad as a modernist writer, it also explores the experimentation of his later, less familiar works, first published in the women's pages of popular journals. |