num_pages: 132
description: Examines the life and work of nineteenth-century Polish author Joseph Conrad, featuring a biographical profile, critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas in his writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers. Expert analysis by Harold Bloom. A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.Contents:-----------------------User's guide --Work in the writer / Harold Bloom --Introduction / Harold Bloom --Biography of Joseph Conrad / Amy Sickels --Introduction to the works of Joseph Conrad / Richard Ruppel --Colonizers, cannibals, and the horror of good intentions in Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness / Carola M. Kaplan --Ideal conception : Conrad's Nostromo and the problem of identity / David Allen Ward --Conrad's modernist romance : Lord Jim / Tracy Seeley --Chronology --Works by Joseph Conrad --Works about Joseph Conrad --Contributors
language: English
title: Joseph Conrad
titlecomplete: Joseph Conrad
ratings_count: 3
series: Bloom's Major Short Story Writers, Bloom's Modern Critical Views
publisher: Chelsea House Publishers