Conrad Under Familial EyesZdzislaw Najder Cambridge University Press, 1983 - 282 pages This volume brings together a wide range of letters and documents which collectively shed a great deal of light on Joseph Conrad's cultural roots, a subject of growing interest in recent years. The texts have been edited by Professor Zdzislaw Najder, one of the most eminent of Conrad scholars, and translated by Halina Carroll-Najder. Very few of the texts collected here have been made available in English before; many have never appeared in the original Polish. The texts are grouped according to the events and subjects referred to. A significant collection of letters by Conrad's parents is particularly revealing. His mother, Ewa, emerges as a deeply patriotic and religious woman who was intensely loyal to her husband. His father, Apollo, was a complex man; proud, self-centered, even opinionated, he was a poet and writer of satirical comedies as well as being an outspoken democrat and fierce patriot. A different influence on the young Conrad was exerted by his uncle - guardian, Tadeusz Bobrowski, a levelheaded rationalist and enlightened liberal; numerous fragments of his memoirs are included in the book. His book will be an essential tool of reference for all serious students of Conrad. |
Contents
The Pilchowskis | 7 |
Stanisław Bobrowski | 15 |
Apollo Korzeniowski to Tadeusz Bobrowski 1 May 1849 | 23 |
Conrads certificate of baptism | 31 |
May4 June 1861 | 44 |
37 | 57 |
888 | 88 |
Regina Korzeniowska to Konrad Korzeniowski | 101 |
The Emigration of Talent by Wincenty Lutosławski | 178 |
16 | 182 |
Lord Jim by Maria Komornicka | 192 |
A Son of Two Countries by Tola Zubrzycka | 201 |
A Few Reminiscences of Conrad by Aniela Zagórska | 210 |
My Meeting with Joseph Conrad by Kazimierz Górski | 223 |
Under the Roof of Konrad Korzeniowski by Karola Zagórska | 230 |
Recollections of Conrad by Karola Zagórska | 246 |
Apollo Korzeniowski to Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki | 108 |
Apollo Korzeniowski to Kazimierz Kaszewski | 114 |
Description of Apollo Korzeniowskis funeral | 129 |
Conradiana by Stanisław Czosnowski | 134 |
II | 142 |
Stefan Buszczyński to Konrad Korzeniowski 28 October 1883 | 148 |
15 | 168 |
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References to this book
Conrad Between the Lines: Documents in a Life Gene M. Moore,Allan Simmons,John Henry Stape Limited preview - 2000 |
Conrad Between the Lines: Documents in a Life Gene M. Moore,Allan Simmons,John Henry Stape No preview available - 2000 |