Joseph Conrad

Bloom's Major Short Story Writers

by Harold Bloom (Editor), Richard Rupple, Joseph Conrad

Examines the life and work of nineteenth-century Polish author Joseph Conrad, featuring a biographical profile, critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas in his writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.

A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers. Expert analysis by Harold Bloom. A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.

Contents:
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User's guide --
Work in the writer / Harold Bloom --
Introduction / Harold Bloom --
Biography of Joseph Conrad / Amy Sickels --
Introduction to the works of Joseph Conrad / Richard Ruppel --
Colonizers, cannibals, and the horror of good intentions in Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness / Carola M. Kaplan --
Ideal conception : Conrad's Nostromo and the problem of identity / David Allen Ward --
Conrad's modernist romance : Lord Jim / Tracy Seeley --
Chronology --
Works by Joseph Conrad --
Works about Joseph Conrad --
Contributors

132 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1986

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.

Reviews

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short introduction followed by chapters focusing on different Conrad books or themes – e.g. Style as Character, Impression and Symbolism in Heart of Darkness. There is no specific chapter on Lord Jim but there are several dozen references in the index.