Conrad, Language, and Narrative

By Michael Greaney

Book Overview

In this re-evaluation of the writings of Joseph Conrad, Michael Greaney places language and narrative at the heart of his literary achievement. As a trilingual Polish expatriate, Conrad brought a formidable linguistic self-consciousness to the English novel and tensions between speech and writing are the defining obsessions of his career. Greaney examines a wide range of Conrad's work, combining recent critical approaches to language in post-structuralism with an impressive command of linguistic theory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521807549
• ISBN13: 9780521807548
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"