Nigger of the 'Narcissus'' - A Tale of the Sea

The first comprehensive and authoritative critical edition of Joseph Conrad's early masterpiece, The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897).

List of contents

List of illustrations; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations and note on editions; Introduction; The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'; The texts: An essay; Apparatus; Textual notes; Appendices; Explanatory notes; Glossary of nautical terms; Maps.

About the author

Allan H. Simmons, Professor of English at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, is the author of Joseph Conrad (2006) in Palgrave's Critical Issues series and Heart of Darkness: A Reader's Guide (2007). He has edited Conrad in Context (2009), Joseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews, Volume 1 (2012), a centennial edition of The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1997), and co-edited Lord Jim (2007) and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (2007). He is the General Editor of The Conradian: The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society.

Summary

The latest publication in the widely praised Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is the first, comprehensive critical edition of The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897). This volume offers scholars an authoritative text based on Conrad's original manuscript completed in 1897, supported by extensive introduction and notes.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Conrad
• Assisted by: Allan Simmons (Editor), Allan H. Simmons (Editor), Simmons Allan H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781107141407
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14140-7
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad; Cambridge Edition of the Works; The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad; Cambridge Edition of the Works
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary reference works, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers