Book Description
After a rather adventurous youth, Joseph Conrad spent the last 30 years of his life as a successful novel. His work has been called superb, and includes such masterworks as Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyesh, and Victory. Learn more about Conrad with this text, which includes an extensive biography of the author, literary criticism, a list of works by and about the author, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. The lives of the greatest writers of the world are explored in the new series Bloom’s BioCritiques. In addition to a lengthy biography, each book includes an extensive critical analysis of the writer’s work, as well as critical views by important literary critics throughout history. These volumes are the perfect introduction to critical study of the important authors currently read and discussed in high schools, colleges, and graduate schools.