Aspects of Conrad's Literary Language

Why did Joseph Conrad avoid using English, except when it came to the arduous task of writing fiction? And how do we account for his extensive "borrowing" from French writers? This psycholinguistic examination delves into the creative mind of Conrad in an attempt to decipher his learning and use of three languages, Polish, French, and English. Following a trail of syntactical eccentricities and considerable stylistic variations, Lucas shows how these features interact to produce Conrad's idiosyncratic style.

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Michael A. Lucas

Summary

Why did Joseph Conrad avoid using English, except when it came to the arduous task of writing fiction? And how do we account for his extensive "borrowing" from French writers? This psycholinguistic examination delves into the creative mind of Conrad.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Lucas, Michael A. Lucas
• Publisher: East European Monographs
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780880339841
• ISBN: 978-0-88033-984-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 223 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Series: EEM Social Science Monographs; Social Science Monographs; EEM Social Science Monographs
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics