Joseph Conrad

Ross C. Murfin

With wide format pages to give generous margins for notes, the editor presents the latest Conrad scholarship in an introduction, and also includes notes, selected criticism and a chronology of the author's life and times.

A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism

Heart of Darkness

Shari Benstock

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Supryia M. Ray

Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms 2nd Ed + House of Mirth

Describes the background and critical reception of Lawrence's novel, and discusses the themes, conflicts, and characters in the work

A Novel of Division and Desire

Sons and Lovers

Now in its second edition, this popular case-study of Conrad's classic short novel reprints an authoritative text together with five essays (four of which are newly-commissioned or revised) written from a range of contemporary critical perspectives.

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