Lord Jim (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | John Batchelor | knygos.lt

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This book is a full length scholarly study of Conrad's masterpiece. First published in 1900,Lord Jim is the first 'modern' novel. This study emphasizes the novel's outstanding historical and artistic significance. John Batchelor pursues the ways in which Conrad dramatizes with unprecedented fidelity a relationship between two male friends. At the same time Conrad explores what he saw as a central truth about the human condition, the inalienable loneliness of men. Batchelor's study provides a full discussion of the biographical and literary contexts of the novel, making extensive use of Conrad's letters and of the novel's original manuscript and tracing the literary influences and sources of Conrad's writing. It also considers the novel's technical innovations, including Conrad's 'impressionism' and his revolutionary dramatic method. Further chapters are devoted to detailed commentary on the text and a full account of the novel's critical reception since its first publication. This study is designed for all students of literature and in particular for those with an interest in Conrad's place in the development of modern fiction.