Synopses & Reviews
This volume brings together the complete correspondence dating from the last nineteen months of Conradâs life.
Synopsis
This volume covers the last nineteen months of Conrad's life. The letters are accompanied by notes on contexts, allusions, and editorial problems, and prefaced with a general introduction and biographies of the correspondents.
Synopsis
Volume Eight of Conrad's collected letters covers the last nineteen months of his life (1923-24). Much of this correspondence is unpublished; its editors have had access to the major private collections as well as holdings in public and academic libraries. The letters themselves are accompanied by notes on contexts, allusions, and editorial problems, and prefaced with a general introduction and biographies of the correspondents. Letters to his family written during his visit to the United States are a notable feature of this collection, which is also rich in comments on literary questions, current events, his experiences at sea, the reception of The Rover, and work on his unfinished novel, Suspense.
About the Author
Laurence Davies is Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of English Literature at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College.Gene M. Moore is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Amsterdam.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments; List of holders of letters; Published sources of letters; Other frequently cited works; Chronology, 1923-1924; Introduction to Volume Eight; Conrad's correspondents, 1923-1924; Editorial procedures; Letters; Silent corrections to the text; Indexes.