Joseph Conrad’s Cultural Legacy
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-44084-5 (ISBN)
Offering reflections on Conrad’s legacy by leading critics and scholars in the field of Conrad studies as well as by significant figures in the arts and cultural sector, it represents a unique contribution to Conrad studies and provides an overview of how the author continues to inspire and shape contemporary literature and culture in the 21st century.
Covering a broad range of topics, from discussions of how Conrad has inspired contemporary films and operas through to the pertinence of his works to current conflicts and key contemporary issues, Joseph Conrad’s Cultural Legacy offers unique, original insights into the enduring relevance of one of the leading literary figures of the 20th century.
Linda Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Literature at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Robert Hampson is Professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.
Introduction: Linda Dryden, Edinburgh Napier University, UK and Robert Hampson, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Chapter One: ‘A Poetic Commemorations of Conrad’s Death', Ewa Kujawska-Lis, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
SECTION I: MEDIATIONS
Chapter Two: ‘Joseph Conrad and Alfred Hitchcock, James Robertson, independent scholar
Chapter Three: ‘The making and unmaking of Secret Sharer the movie’, Peter Fudakowski, independent scholar
Chapter Four: ‘African Apocalypse’, Rob Lemkin, independent scholar
Chapter Five: ‘”Heart of Darkness”—the opera’, Tarik O’Regan, independent scholar
Chapter Six: ‘Ian Sinclair’s The Gold Machine: a Conradian entanglement’, Robert Hampson, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Section II: Conrad’s Reach
Chapter Seven: ‘Lord Jim the classic’, Douglas Kerr, University of Hong Kong
Chapter Eight: ‘My Debt to Conrad: A Sri Lankan Perspective’, DCRA Goonetilleke, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Chapter Nine: ‘Trial of the Foreign: Translating Conrad into Japanese’, Kaoru Yamamoto, University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Chapter Ten: ‘Conrad and the African Museum in Tervuren’, Grazyna Plebanek, independent scholar
Chapter Eleven: ‘Conrad’s Cosmologies’, Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan, University of Haifa, Israel
Chapter Twelve: ‘Conrad post-#metoo, Susan Jones, University of Oxford, UK
Section III: Institutions
Chapter Thirteen: ‘Travels with Conrad’, Maya Jasanoff, Harvard University, USA
Chapter Fourteen: ‘”I must close this macaronic letter”: Conrad the correspondent’, Laurence Davies, University of Glasgow, UK
Chapter Fifteen: ‘Portrait of the Artist in the Modern World’, Linda Dryden, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Chapter Sixteen: ‘Editing Conrad: The Cambridge Edition’, Allan Simmons, St. Mary’s University, UK
Chapter Seventeen: ‘Celebrating the Conrad Conference: 50 Years of Scholarly Congeniality from the Local to the Global’, Kim Salmons, St. Mary’s University, UK
Chapter Eighteen: ‘Conrad in My Life’, Keith Carabine, University of Kent, UK
Selected Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2024 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-44084-1 / 1350440841 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-44084-5 / 9781350440845 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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