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Conrad´s Marseilles
No full textThis article discusses the Marseilles period of Conrad’s life, which is still shrouded in mystery. By consulting the Marseilles municipal archives and examining information culled from the local press for the years 1874–1878, the author attempts to determine what events in the life of Marseilles during that particular period may have found an echo in Conrad’s works, and in what way these events could have influenced the personality of the young writer. The author sketches a vivid picture of everyday life in the Marseilles of the 1870s and recalls the principal events in the city’s artistic life, suggesting that Conrad’s first real experience of the opera and the theatre (and no doubt also of the fine arts) was gained in Marseilles. An analysis of all the available documents makes it possible to formulate the following conclusions: 1) The duel between M. George and Blunt, as described in The Arrow of Gold, had its origins in real life: this was the duel between two journalists — C. Hugues and J. Daime — which was then the talk of the town. 2) In drawing the character of Rita de Lastaola in The Arrow of Gold, Conrad most probably made use of several complementary models from real life: apart from Paula de Samoggy (mentioned by J. Allen), the model for Rita may well have been Mme Didier — the mistress of the wellknown Marseilles painter G. Ricard, who himself was quite probably the real-life model for the character of Henry Allègre. 3) During the time when Conrad was in Marseilles the political situation in Spain had completely stabilized and it is hardly likely that Conrad himself could have taken part in any gun-running for the Spanish Carlists. Monsieur George’s escapade may therefore be treated purely and simply as a reminiscence of the stories told by Provençal sailors who had earlier taken part in the smuggling expeditions of 1874–1875. The final section of the article draws attention to possible Marseilles sources for Falk, Heart of Darkness and An Outpost of Progress. Virtually the entire storyline of Falk may be found in the Marseilles press, while the two African stories can be seen as a hypothetical refutation of the tales told by the “colonizer of the Congo” Henry Stanley, who in January 1878 was given a hero’s welcome in Marseilles
An exploration of the outsider's role in selected works by Joseph Conrad, Malcolm Lowry, V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis explores ways in which the outsider questions rather than confirms
dominant cultural values whilst avoiding the crudity of overt politicisation. I argue
that the outsider's preference for an observer's stance is not so much an act which
denies responsibility to the world of his day, but rather a means of reassessing its
priorities.
In Section One, I discuss Conrad's role as an outsider in the age of Empires. I
demonstrate the ways in which Conrad employs narrators, frequently using strategies
of irony which can be and have been read in very different ways. I argue that Conrad
uses irony as a tool for condemnation rather than condonement of imperialist practice,
if not its ideology.
In Section Two, I discuss Lowry as an emigre from England (so contrasting
him with Conrad, the immigrant from Europe), and examine his dissenting voice
which opposes bourgeois prejudice against the working class, a totalising ideology
like Fascism, and a Western rationalism which sees too rigid a distinction between
sanity and madness. I demonstrate how Lowry as an outsider reacts to the age of
twentieth century World Wars.
In Section Three, I discuss Naipaul's role as an outsider in the age of
decolonisation, when bogus liberals and false redeemers fail to rebuild the newly
independent post-colonial states. As in Conrad's case, I show how a failure to read
Naipaul's ironic tone of voice has given rise to radically divergent views as to what he
is about. I also link Conrad and Naipaul through their cultural negotiation between the
'centre' and its peripheries.
By looking at these three writers in chronological order and offering a
comparative perspective on their work, I highlight the outsider's disturbing, yet
illuminating role within a historical context. I also draw attention to creative tensions
between artistic concerns and a serious political purpose. I assess the outsider as
observer and man of conscience rather than as a` mere onlooker. I conclude that the
outsider also fulfils a social obligation by promoting critical awareness on the reader's
side by means of his defamiliarising perspective
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Conrad´s Cracow
No full textThis article discusses Joseph Conrad’s links with Cracow, the historic capital of Poland and a major centre of Polish culture. Conrad fi rst came to Cracow in February 1869, accompanied by his father Apollo Korzeniowski, who — after several years of exile in northern Russia — had become gravely ill. Conrad visited the city a second time in the summer of 1914, having accepted an invitation from the young Polish politician Józef Hieronim Retinger, and (not without some diffi culty) eventually managed to get himself and his family safely back to Britain after the outbreak of World War I. Both of these sojourns in Cracow played an important role in Conrad’s life — and, one might say, in his creative work as a writer. One of the most vivid memories of his fi rst stay in Cracow was the hero’s funeral given to his father, who had been a victim of tsarist oppression. It was from Cracow that the young Conrad set out for France in order to take up a maritime career in Marseilles. During his second stay in Cracow (and Zakopane) Conrad made the acquaintance of many members of the Polish intellectual elite and took the decision to become actively involved in the cause of Polish independence
Barnaby Conrad
No full textBlack and white photograph of author and portrait artist Barnaby Conrad, signed for Marriner S. Eccles
Joseph Conrad : a citizen of a global world - recenzja
No full textOn the dust jacket one can see a silhouette of a well-built man against the stormy
sea (definitely too tall to be Conrad himself), standing on a downward spiral (symbolizing
the downfall of civilization?) and next to it the blurb “enlightening, compassionate,
superb”, a recommendation by John le Carré—surely, as we shall see, the
author of The Tailor of Panama would know what to recommend… but first things
first.
Nowadays we observe a boom in popularizing biographies that try to bring us
closer to the classic writers (e.g. S. Greenblatt’s Will in the World, or A. Sismon’s
John le Carré: The Biography)[...
Einige Nachricht von den sogenannten Eichen-Weiden und Dorn-Rosen, welche in dem vorigen Jahre in der Lausitz, in Schlesien ... sind gefunden worden : ingleichen von den Libellen oder Wasser-Jungfern ... welche sich häufig in der Luft haben sehen lassen ... in einem Sendschreiben an Herrn Franc. Ernest. Brückmann
No full text[Tobias Conrad Hoppe][S. 4]: Sendeschreiben datiert und unterzeichnet: "Gera im Monat Septembr. 1747 ... Tobias Conrad Hoppe
Christliche Fragstüklein : 1. von der H. Schrift, 2. von der H. Weyenacht, 3. von der Beschneidung Jesu Christi ...
No full textgestelt für die einfalte Jugend [von Conrad Wirz]TiteleinfassungAutor gemäss Dejung: Zürcher Pfarrerbuch, S. 62
Christliche Fragstüklein : 1. von der H. Schrift, 2. von der H. Weyenacht, 3. von der Beschneidung Jesu Christi ...
No full textgestellet für die einfalte Jugend [von Conrad Wirz]Autor gemäss Dejung: Zürcher Pfarrerbuch, S. 62
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