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Joseph Conrad by William Kotzwinkle

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Biography

Name: Joseph Conrad
Birth Date: December 3, 1857
Death Date: August 3, 1924
Place of Birth: Berdyczew, Poland
Place of Death: England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, novelist

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Biography of Joseph Conrad
19,918 words, approx. 66 pages
Joseph Conrad is now widely accepted as one of the modernist masters of serious narrative fiction. Historically placed, he is a major figure in the transition from Victorian fiction to the more perplexed forms and values of twentiethcentury literature....
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Biography of Joseph Conrad
19,212 words, approx. 64 pages
Joseph Conrad is now widely accepted as one of the modernist masters of serious narrative fiction. Historically placed, he is a major figure in the transition from Victorian fiction to the more perplexed forms and values of twentieth-century...
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Biography of Joseph Conrad
12,447 words, approx. 42 pages
The short fiction of Joseph Conrad is central to his literary achievement. Conrad wrote forty-three works of fiction, of which thirty-one are short, ranging from stories of a few pages to novellas of twenty-five thousand to fifty thousand words. His...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Joseph Conrad Information
4,489 words, approx. 15 pages
Joseph Conrad (born <i>Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski</i>; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. He is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists, which is even more notable because he did not learn to...


News and Journals
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AP Features
Today in History
11/26/2007: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Monday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2007. There are 28 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who...
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Broad Talent: A JimBroadbent Quiz
10/8/2007: 274 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:What was the nickname of the scurrilous policeman Broadbent played in ‘Only Fools and Horses’?The Rat The Slag The BoilThe RotterQuestion 2 of 10:Which royal did Broadbent send-up in spectacular fashion in ‘Blackadder's Christmas Carol’?The Prince Regent Edward VII Prince Albert...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Ted Billy
11,938 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Billy provides an overview of the major thematic concerns and critical reception of Conrad's short stories.
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Critical Essay by John Lutz
7,452 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Lutz contends that “Falk” illustrates Conrad's belief that under the competitive, ruthless capitalistic system, bourgeois class conventions are illusions and will inevitably break down into anarchy and savagery.
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Critical Essay by Douglas Kerr
7,433 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Kerr elucidates the themes of age and life transition in three of Conrad's stories.
 


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