Jospeh conrad

Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature.

About the author

Jeffrey Meyers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the author of Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography, Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy, Hemingway: Life into Art, and Gary Cooper: An American Hero, (all available from Cooper Square Press), in addition to biographies of Humphrey Bogart, D. H. Lawrence, Edmund Wilson, and George Orwell. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Summary

Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature.

Product details

• Authors: Biography -a-, Jeffrey Meyers
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2001
• EAN: 9780815411123
• ISBN: 978-0-8154-1112-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 225 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Englisch, Biografien: allgemein, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren