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An Outcast of the Islands
Joseph Conrad
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Description for An Outcast of the Islands
hardcover. The first comprehensive and authoritative critical edition of Conrad's second novel, An Outcast of the Islands (1896). Editor(s): Simmons, Allan H. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 500 pages, 6 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Conrad's second novel, returns to the Malay world of Almayer's Folly (1895). Focusing on the collapse of Western values and morals in a colonial setting, the novel daringly portrays the power of erotic attraction and exposes the venal ambitions behind small- and large-scale political intrigues. The introduction situates the novel in Conrad's career as a writer and traces its origins and reception. The essay on the text and the apparatus explain the history of the work's composition and publication, and detail the interventions of Conrad's compositors and editors. There are notes explaining literary and ... Read more
An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Conrad's second novel, returns to the Malay world of Almayer's Folly (1895). Focusing on the collapse of Western values and morals in a colonial setting, the novel daringly portrays the power of erotic attraction and exposes the venal ambitions behind small- and large-scale political intrigues. The introduction situates the novel in Conrad's career as a writer and traces its origins and reception. The essay on the text and the apparatus explain the history of the work's composition and publication, and detail the interventions of Conrad's compositors and editors. There are notes explaining literary and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad
Condition
New
Weight
769g
Number of Pages
522
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107126442
SKU
V9781107126442
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About Joseph Conrad
Allan H. Simmons is Professor of English Literature at St Mary's University, Twickenham, and is the author of Joseph Conrad (2006) and Conrad's Heart of Darkness (2007). He has edited Conrad in Context (2009) and Joseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews, Volume 1 (2012), and co-edited Lord Jim and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (2007). He is also ... Read more
Reviews for An Outcast of the Islands
'… Allan H. Simmons, in his edition of An Outcast of the Islands, clearly and efficiently presents the history of the text, including the likely provenance of the printer's copy of Doubleday's collected edition of 1920.' Dale Kramer, Joseph Conrad Today