Abstract
The essay starts from the multiple beginnings of Conrad's career as a writer. It then considers the first four chapters of A Personal Record (and their account of the composition of Conrad's first novel, Almayer's Folly). The essay then focusses on A Personal Record as part of the writing process of Under Western Eyes. It examines the transnational components of his account of the writing experience of Almayer's Folly: writing in English in a French harbour about a Dutchman living in Borneo. The essay traces two strands: a transnational, cosmopolitan strand that produces Conrad the 'passionate European' and a more troubled relation with Polish patriotism and nationalism.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 29-39 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | L'Epoque Conradienne |
| Volume | 41 |
| Early online date | 25 Apr 2019 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 25 Apr 2019 |
Keywords
- Joseph Conrad
- beginnings
- transnationalism
- A Personal Record
- Under Western Eyes
- Almayer's Folly
- displacement
- Poland
- nationalism
- lost home
- borderlands
- borderland szlachta