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Conrad, Joseph

 
9780521341356: The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad)
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ISBN 10: 0521341353 ISBN 13: 9780521341356
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Sinopsis

The Secret Agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in Edwardian London. This new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work.

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Reseña del editor

The Secret Agent (1907) is a compelling tale of espionage and terrorism set in Edwardian London. Ironically subtitled 'A Simple Tale', it paints a terrifying portrait of revolutionaries and anarchists whose personal lives are as barren and futile as their public acts of violence. It concludes with the unwitting accomplice of a would-be terrorist blowing himself to bits with his own bomb, the terrorist's subsequent murder by his own wife, and the wife's own suicide. This new edition is based on a painstaking comparison of the original manuscript of the work with its first, truncated appearance in the American magazine Ridgeway's: A Militant Weekly for God and Country, and with all subsequent book-form publications overseen by Conrad himself. The result is a new text, purged of the printers' errors and editorial interventions that have been reproduced in all previous printings. There is also a critical introduction, an essay on the text, a textual apparatus, and helpful explanatory notes.

Biografía del autor

Polish author Joseph Conrad is considered to be one of the greatest English-language novelists, a remarkable achievement considering English was not his first language. Conrad s literary works often featured a nautical setting, reflecting the influences of his early career in the Merchant Navy, and his depictions of the struggles of the human spirit in a cold, indifferent world are best exemplified in such seminal works as Heart of Darkness, Lord JimM, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Regarded as a forerunner of modernist literature, Conrad s writing style and characters have influenced such distinguished writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, and George Orwell, among many others. Many of Conrad s novels have been adapted for film, most notably Heart of Darkness, which served as the inspiration and foundation for Francis Ford Coppola s 1979 film Apocalypse Now.

S. W. Reid is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Conrad Studies at Kent State University.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1990
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521341353
ISBN 13 
9780521341356
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
469
Editor
Harkness Bruce, Reid S. W.
Contacto del fabricante
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9781699534236: The Secret Agent, A Simple Tale (1907) .: The story is set in London , political novel

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  1699534233 ISBN 13:  9781699534236
Editorial: Independently published, 2019
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