Joseph Conrad: A Commemoration

by Norman Sherry (Editor)

Joseph Conrad was born in Russian- occupied Poland in 1857; he died in England in 1924. Poland's loss was Britain's gain. Conrad chose England as his country and English as his medium, and England acquired one of her greatest novelists, one whose experience was international and ranged from the society of the Polish aristocracy to that of seamen before the mast.

This collection of original essays arises from papers read at the international conference held at Canterbury- the city in which Conrad is buried- to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death; the book shows both his international reputation and the wide scope of interest in his work.

Bringing together the work of the most eminent scholars in the field, the book illustrates not only the traditional attitudes but points the way to new and future areas of Conrad studies.

The collection is truly international and representative of the range of Conrad's genius as well as providing fresh insight into his life and work.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Norman Sherry was an English novelist, biographer, and educator who was best known for his three-volume biography of the British novelist Graham Greene. He was Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University.
Sherry was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, the younger twin (by eleven minutes) of Alan. Sherry studied at King's College, Newcastle, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He also wrote on Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Jane Austen. His Life of Graham Greene was praised by David Lodge for being "a remarkable and heroic achievement" that he predicted would prove "the definitive biography of record" of Greene.
From 1983, Sherry held the post of Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
He was married three times: first to the children's novelist Sylvia Sherry, then to Carmen Flores (with whom he had a son and a daughter), and finally to Pat Villalon.