Return To The Roots : Conrad, Poland And East-central Europe

Krajka, Wieslaw (INT); Krajka, Wieslaw (EDT); International Joseph Conrad Conference 2; Krajka, Wieslaw

ISBN 10: 0880335572 / ISBN 13: 9780880335577

Published by East European Monographs, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Return To The Roots : Conrad, Poland And East-central Europe
• Publisher: East European Monographs
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880335572
• ISBN 13: 9780880335577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This study illuminates various aspects of the relationship between Joseph Conrad's literary work and his roots in Polish and East-Central European culture. In particular, it examines various aspects of Conrad's relationship to Poland―the evolution of his attitude toward his homeland, the influence of Polish literature on his work, his reception by Polish audiences―and to Russian literature, particularly Dostoevsky and Turgenev.

This volume collects fourteen essays by scholars from the United States, Europe and beyond. It is critically diverse, containing elements of biography, psychoanalysis, film criticism, comparative literature, and sociological and philosophical interpretation. The scope of critical materials is equally wide-ranging: from considerations of Conrad's life and political attitudes to overviews of his entire oeuvre and focused studies of single literary works.

About the Author

Is profesor emeritus at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. He is the author of Isolation and Ethos: A Study of Joseph Conrad (1992) and editor of Various Dimensions of the Other in Joseph Conrad’s Fiction (2020), Some Intertextual Chords of Joseph Conrad’s Literary Art (2019), Joseph Conrad’s Authorial Self. Polish and Other (2018), among others, and the editor of the series Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives.