Conrad's Decentered Fiction

This book explores Joseph Conrad's fiction through the lens of his vibrant details, using newly discovered primary sources and critical vocabulary from art history to reimagine him as a writer and amateur sketch artist. It emphasizes the importance of marginal voices, characters, and details in his work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 290 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This extensively illustrated book makes a compelling argument that Joseph Conrad's distinctive and vivid details distinguish him as a writer and elevate them to the forefront of scholarly inquiry. By utilizing recently uncovered primary sources, including drawings and maps created by Conrad himself, this book traverses a wide expanse of Conrad's fiction, delving into its fascination with marginalized voices, characters, and intricate details. It presents a fresh perspective on Conrad as a writer, offering the first comprehensive portrayal of him as an amateur sketch artist. The book employs a range of critical vocabulary and introduces new names from the realm of art history to enhance our understanding of Conrad's studies. It explores various disciplines, including cartography, fashion, analytic philosophy, manuscript studies, and animal studies, to unveil Conrad as an artist who operates across and between different media. Presented as a complement to the abstract approaches prevalent in much literary theory, this monograph mirrors the granular nature of Conrad's fiction, offering a detailed and margin-focused exploration.

Weight: 500g
Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781316512197
Edition number: New ed