Conrad's Secrets

Conrad's Secrets explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, the book provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work.

Author: R. Hampson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/13/2012
Pages: 299
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230507838

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2013

About the Author
ROBERT HAMPSON is professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Joseph Conrad: Betrayal and Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrad's Malay Fiction and co-editor (with Andrew Gibson) of Conrad and Theory. He has edited various works by Conrad, Kipling and Rider Haggard.