45987X1 First Edition. The Continuum Publishing Company, New York: 2007. 176 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. A short, accessible introduction to Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness in the Continuum Reader's Guides series. Provides a comprehensive starting point for any advanced student, giving an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. Also offers students fresh critical insights and provides a practical introduction to close reading and to analysing literary language and form. Joseph Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness (1902, is a key text in the development of modernism and one of the most important literary works of the early twentieth century. This guide provides an invaluable introduction to reading Conrad's Heart of Darkness and includes sections on its contexts, language and style, critical reception and literary and film adaptations, including Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and finally an annotated guide to further reading. Allan Simmons is Reader in English Literature at St. Mary's College, London. He is the General Editor of The Conradian, journal of the Joseph Conrad Society UK, and his many publications on the life and works of Joseph Conrad include Joseph Conrad (Palgrave 2006 and Lord Jim (Penguin 2007. $75.00USD
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