Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography

by Bernard C. Meyer

Book Overview

Joseph Conrad once voiced the hope that from the reading of his pages might "emerge at last the vision of a personality: the man behind the books ... a coherent justifiable personality both in its origin and its actions." Dr. Meyer arrives at a unified picture of Conrad's personality by applying psychoanalytic principles and insights to two main sets of data on Conrad: his unusual history and his creative work. Basic psychological and emotional patterns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691012962
• ISBN13: 9780691012964
• Release Date: February 1970
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.