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Joseph Conrad`s Polish Soul – Realms of Memory and Self
Engelsk Hardback

Joseph Conrad`s Polish Soul – Realms of Memory and Self

Engelsk Hardback

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Born into a Polish szlachta (noble) family, the extraordinary modern novelist Joseph Conrad maintained, even in exile, strong ties to his Polish heritage and culture. Yet the author earned renown by writing in English, often about nautical adventures in remote parts of the world. In Joseph Conrad's Polish Soul, G. W. Stephen Brodsky seeks to reclaim the essentially Polish sensibility of Conrad's groundbreaking oeuvre. He finds in Conrad's work a distinct Polonism that plays intriguingly with selfhood, freedom, and irony. For Brodsky, Conrad's outlook and writing betray numerous contradictions. Despite the novelist's practical realism, Conrad was drawn to romance, orientalism, and the exotic. Frequently sick, he nevertheless pursued a life at sea. He despised adventurers, yet loved risk. An instinctive skepticism, conservatism, and nationalism complicated his liberalism and respect for humanity, and though he resigned himself to Poland's tragic destiny, Conrad refused to despair over the terribleness of his times. In this incomparable study, Brodsky shows how these inherent aspects of Conrad's personality inform and guide his Polonism, along with the best attributes of his fiction.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9788377847862
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
8377847868
Udg. Dato:
24 mar 2017
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
150mm
Højde:
226mm
Forlag:
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press
Oplagsdato:
24 mar 2017
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