Joseph Conrad: The Major Phase

by Jacques A. Berthoud and Jacques Berthoud

Book Overview

Although the importance of Conrad's work has long been recognized, Jacques Berthoud attempts a full demonstration of the clarity, consistency, and depth of thought evident in the novels written during the first decade of this century. Instead of the standard versions of Conrad - from sceptical moralizer to 'metaphysician of darkness' - he offers a tragic novelist, engaged in a sustained exploration of the contradictions inherent in man's relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521292735
• ISBN13: 9780521292733
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.5"