<strong>Joseph Conrad</strong> is one of the great figures in the tradition of the EnglishNovel. This book provides a criticallyinformed introduction to Conrad ... » 

Joseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the EnglishNovel. This book provides a criticallyinformed introduction to Conrad and hiswork placing him in his political social and literary context and examininghis relationship to Modernism England and Empire. It covers the range ofConrads fiction from the early Malay novels through such key works as Heartof Darkness Lord Jim Nostromo The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes tohis later novels. «