英国作家生平丛书:约琴夫·康拉德
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At the age of eleven, Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski had already led anextraordinary life. Born in the Ukraine. To Polish patriot parents, the boy hadendured a hazardous childhood of exile and oppression.How much more extraordinary that after many eventful years sailing the seashe should emerge as Joseph Conrad. Englishman. And one of the worldsgreatest writers. Chris Fletchers accessible biography explores how Conradsexperiences of exile and career as a merchant seaman shaped some of themajor themes of his writing.The British Library Writers Lives: Joseph Conrad draws material from theLibrarys unparalleled collection of literary manuscripts and many othersources to illustrate the background to Conrads early family life, his voyagesand later years as a writer in England.
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《约瑟夫·康拉德》共收录了从各个角度深入探讨康拉德作品与思想的文章。文章分别概述了康拉德的生平,论述了他的主要作品,深入探讨了这些作品的形式与主题,同时,从总体上探讨了康拉德作品所引发的一些重要问题,主要包括:康拉德叙事技巧的特殊性,当前有关康拉德与帝国主义和文学等。《约瑟夫·康拉德》内容有趣,插图精美,文字简洁,兼顾普及性利专业性,是学习和了解英国文学的良师益友。