The Reception of Joseph Conrad in Europe

Robert Hampson, Veronique Pauly (Editor), Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pospiech, Richard Ambrosini, Zdenek Beran, Fausto Ciompi, Mario Curreli, Balazs Csizmadia, Evelyn Fishburn, Mark Fitzpatrick, Frank Foerster, Anthony Fothergill, Margreta Grigorova, Jacqueline Hurtley, Petya Tsoneva Ivanova, Ebbe Klitgard, Dmytro Kozak, Ewa Kujawska-Lis, Claes Lindskog, Mario Vargas LlosaMaria Jesus Lorenzo-Modia, Richard Niland, Nic Panagopoulos, Marta Puxan-Oliva, Majde Savle, Daniel Schuemann, Ludmilla Voitkovska, Johan Warodell, Daniel Zurbano Garcia

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Abstract

This edited collection of essays traces the reception of the work of Joseph Conrad in mainland Europe from the 1890s to the present day. The essays (and supporting time-line and bibliography) engage with translations, critical reception, academic reception, theatrical adaptations and some of the impact on other writers in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Spain and Ukraine - with particularly substantial sections on the French, German, Italian and Spanish reception. There i attention throughout to the cultural and political context in which the work is received and how the work is used in different cultures.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherBloomsbury
Number of pages558
ISBN (Print)978-1-4742-4108-3
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameThe Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe
PublisherBloomsbury
Volume27

Keywords

  • Joseph Conrad
  • reception history
  • translation
  • Europe
  • adaptation
  • critical reception

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