| Centennial Essays on Joseph Conrad's Chance Pp. Edition Contributor(s): Simmons, Jones |
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ISBN: 9004308970 ISBN-13: 9789004308978 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $77.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Series: Conrad Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.65 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Joseph Conrad's novel Chance appeared in serial form in the New York Herald in 1912 and in book form in 1914 it established the author's financial security for the first time. Following years of struggle to reach a wide audience for his fiction, Conrad benefitted from the American marketing of this novel for the women readers of romance. Aggressive advertising promoted the writer's new focus on a female protagonist and Conrad's division of the story's location between land and sea. The novel proved popular and lucrative. Yet in spite of its economic success, Chance remains one of Conrad's less well-known narratives. This fresh new collection of essays from both young and established scholars opens up a lively critical debate taking Chance beyond the status of best-selling romance. In a striking re-evaluation of the novel these writers examine Chance's innovative narrative strategies, its up-to-the-minute commentary on female politics, contemporary ethics, as well as its antecedents in classical debate and the significance of Conrad's last use of his seaman narrator Marlow. |