Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography - Paperback
by Edward Said
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward Said, Andrew Rubin (Foreword by)Publish date:2008-01-08Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231140058ISBN-10:231140053UPC:9780231140058Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, Semiotics & TheoryBook Topic:EasternSize:8.13 x 5.64 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCQF9MBFT3
Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography
Edward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past. Using the author's personal letters as a guide to understanding his fiction, Said draws an important parallel between Conrad's view of his own life and the manner and form of his stories. The critic also argues that the author, who set his fiction in exotic locations like East Asia and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231140058ISBN-10:231140053UPC:9780231140058Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, Semiotics & TheoryBook Topic:EasternSize:8.13 x 5.64 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCQF9MBFT3
Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the music critic for the Nation and is the author of numerous books, including Music at the Limits, Musical Elaborations, Beginnings: Intention and Method, and Humanism and Democratic Criticism.
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