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Joseph Conrad - A Life (Hardcover, New edition)
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Joseph Conrad - A Life (Hardcover, New edition)
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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.
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