This popular case-study of Conrad's classic short novel reprints an authoritative text together with essays written from a range of contemporary critical perspectives. In this third edition, the section of cultural documents and illustrations is entirely new, as are two recent exemplary critical essays by Gabrielle McIntire and Tony C. Brown.
Author Biography
ROSS MURFIN Professor of English at Southern Methodist University, USA. Author of scholarly studies on Thomas Hardy, D.H.Lawrence, Joseph Conrad, he is series editor of Bedford/St. Martin's Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism.
