Joseph Conrad (The Critical Heritage Series)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
General Editor’s Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 18
Introduction......Page 19
‘A WRITER OF GENIUS’......Page 22
‘NO PLOT AND NO PETTICOATS’......Page 27
‘THE SPOILED CHILD OF THE CRITICS’......Page 31
‘UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC’......Page 34
‘AN AMAZING BLOODY FOREIGNER’......Page 38
‘STIFF READING’......Page 40
‘ONE OF THE MARVELS OF OUR LITERATURE’......Page 42
‘HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY’......Page 47
CRITICISM, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE......Page 48
NOTES......Page 53
Note on the Text......Page 55
2. Unsigned review, Scotsman......Page 56
3. Unsigned review, Daily Chronicle......Page 57
4. Arthur Waugh, notice, Critic......Page 58
6. Unsigned review, Athenaeum......Page 59
8. James Ashcroft Noble, review, Academy......Page 60
9. Unsigned review, Speaker......Page 61
10. Unsigned review, Guardian......Page 62
12. Unsigned review, Literary News......Page 63
14. Unsigned review, Spectator......Page 65
16. Unsigned review, Daily Chronicle......Page 66
(b)  Unsigned review, Glasgow Herald, 19 March 1896:......Page 68
18. James Payn, review, Illustrated London News......Page 69
19. Unsigned review, Daily News......Page 70
20. Unsigned review, National Observer......Page 71
21. Unsigned review, Sketch......Page 72
22. Unsigned article, Bookman......Page 73
23. H.G.Wells, unsigned review, Saturday Review......Page 74
24. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian......Page 76
25. Unsigned review, Spectator......Page 77
26. Unsigned review, Athenaeum......Page 78
27. Unsigned review, Nation (U.S.A.)......Page 79
29. Unsigned notice, Daily Mail......Page 80
30. W.L.Courtney, review, Daily Telegraph......Page 81
31. Unsigned review, Glasgow Herald......Page 84
32. Unsigned review, Daily Chronicle......Page 85
33. Unsigned review, Spectator......Page 87
34. I.Zangwill, Unsigned review, Academy......Page 88
36. Harold Frederic, unsigned review, Saturday Review......Page 91
37. Unsigned review, Daily Telegraph......Page 94
38. Unsigned review, Daily Mail......Page 95
39. Edward Garnett, unsigned article, Academy......Page 96
40. Unsigned article, Academy......Page 99
41. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian......Page 101
42. W.L.Courtney, review, Daily Telegraph......Page 103
43. Unsigned review, Academy......Page 104
44. Unsigned notice, Sketch......Page 106
45. Unsigned review, Spectator......Page 107
46. Unsigned review, Speaker......Page 108
47. Unsigned review, Pall Mall Gazette......Page 109
48. Unsigned review, Daily News......Page 111
49. Unsigned review, Bookman......Page 112
50. Unsigned review, Critic (U.S.A.)......Page 113
(a) Conrad to William Blackwood, 31 December 1898 (LWB, p. 37):......Page 114
52. Edward Garnett, unsigned review, Academy and Literature......Page 115
53. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian......Page 117
55. Unsigned review, Athenaeum......Page 119
57. John Masefield, review, Speaker......Page 122
58. Unsigned review, Morning Post......Page 124
59. Unsigned review, Daily Mail......Page 125
60. Unsigned review, Glasgow Evening News......Page 127
61. Unsigned notice, Academy......Page 129
62. Unsigned review, Academy......Page 130
63. A.T.Quiller-Couch, review, Bookman......Page 133
64. Unsigned review, Speaker......Page 134
(c) Extract from a letter to J.B.Pinker, 22 August 1903 (L&L, i. 315–16):......Page 136
(f) Extract from Author’s Note to Nostromo (p. xviii):......Page 137
67. Conrad as a personality in modern literature......Page 138
68. Unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 139
71. Unsigned review, Daily Telegraph......Page 141
72. C.D.O.Barrie, review, British Weekly......Page 143
73. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian......Page 144
74. Edward Garnett, review, Speaker......Page 146
75. John Buchan, unsigned review, Spectator......Page 149
76. Unsigned notice, Illustrated London News......Page 151
77. A.N.Monkhouse, review, Manchester Guardian......Page 152
78. Unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 154
79. Unsigned review, Country Life......Page 155
80. Arnold Bennett on The Secret Agent......Page 158
81. Edward Garnett, unsigned review, Nation......Page 159
82. Unsigned notice, Truth......Page 161
83. Unsigned review, Glasgow News......Page 162
84. Conrad’s reply to the Garnet review......Page 163
86. Stewart Edward White, review, Bookman (U.S.A.)......Page 164
87. Unsigned article, Edinburgh Review......Page 166
88. John Galsworthy on Conrad......Page 167
89. Robert Lynd, review, Daily News......Page 174
90. W.L.Courtney, review, Daily Telegraph......Page 176
91. Unsigned review, Country Life......Page 180
92. Conrad’s response to the reviews......Page 181
93. Edward Garnett, unsigned review, Nation......Page 182
94. Conrad on Garnett’s review in Nation......Page 185
95. Edward Thomas, review, Bookman......Page 186
96. Unsigned review, Pall Mall Gazette......Page 188
97. Richard Curle, review, Manchester Guardian......Page 189
98. Unsigned review, Morning Post......Page 190
99. Unsigned review, Westminster Gazette......Page 192
100. Conrad’s defence of Under Western Eyes......Page 194
101. Edward Garnett, unsigned review, Nation......Page 195
102. Ford Madox Hueffer, signed article, English Review......Page 197
103. Robert Lynd, review, Daily News......Page 207
104. John Masefield, review, Manchester Guardian......Page 209
105. Unsigned review, Standard......Page 211
106. Extract from Spectator......Page 212
108. Conrad on selling his work in America......Page 214
109. Henry James’s criticism......Page 217
110. Robert Lynd, review, Daily News......Page 222
111. C.E.Montague, review, Manchester Guardian......Page 224
(a) Extract from Bennett’s Journal, 18 January 1914 (JAB, ii, 79):......Page 226
113. Edward Garnett, unsigned review, Nation......Page 227
(d) Review by Sir Sidney Colvin, a friend of Conrad, Observer, 18 January 1914, p. 5:......Page 230
115. Unsigned review, Glasgow News......Page 231
116. Robert Lynd, review, Daily News......Page 233
118. Walter de la Mare, unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 235
119. Walter de la Mare, review, Westminster Gazette......Page 238
120. Unsigned review, Nation......Page 240
121. Unsigned review, Atlantic Monthly......Page 242
122. Gerald Gould, review, New Statesman......Page 243
123. Unsigned, review, Glasgow Evening News......Page 245
124. William Lyon Phelps on Victory......Page 246
125. Unsigned review, Nation......Page 247
126. Extract from unsigned review, Morning Post......Page 250
128.  Gerald Gould, review, New Statesman......Page 251
129. Extract from review, New Republic......Page 254
130. Unsigned review, Morning Post......Page 255
131. Walter de la Mare, unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 256
132. Unsigned review, New Statesman......Page 260
134. Unsigned review, Nation......Page 263
(b) Letter from Conrad to Edward Garnett, 7 July 1919 (LEG, 263):......Page 266
136. Unsigned review, Morning Post......Page 267
137. Virginia Woolf, unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 269
139. Unsigned review, Nation......Page 272
140. W.Douglas Newton, review, Sketch......Page 276
141. Unsigned review, London Mercury......Page 277
142. E.M.Forster’s criticism of Conrad......Page 279
143. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian......Page 283
144. Frederic F.Van de Water, review, New York Tribune......Page 284
145. Unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement......Page 286
146. Unsigned review, Glasgow Evening News......Page 288
147. Raymond Mortimer, review, New Statesman......Page 289
149. Desmond MacCarthy on the quality of The Rover......Page 291
151. J.C.Squire on the death of Conrad......Page 293
152. P.C.Kennedy, review, New Statesman......Page 294
153. Leonard Woolf, review, Nation and Athenaeum......Page 295
154. Garnett’s answer to Kennedy’s review......Page 297
155. Unsigned review, Spectator......Page 300
156. Milton Waldman, review, London Mercury......Page 302
157. W.Somerset Maugham on Conrad’s Bornean novels......Page 303
Select Bibliography......Page 305
I. JOSEPH CONRAD: WRITINGS......Page 306
II. JOSEPH CONRAD: CHARACTERISTICS, PERSONALITY AND RECEPTION......Page 309
III. GENERAL......Page 313