Joseph Conrad, the Making of a Moralist
Amsterdam: Rodopi NV, 1972. Octavo. Item #023993
This study concerns itself especially with a well-defined, English, utilitarian and associational psychology of the late nineteenth century, a kind of knowledge that has been unfamiliar to students of Conrad's fiction. Several psychological studies of Conrad and of his work exist, the most notable being Albert Huerard's Conrad the Novelist, a Jungian interpretation. But the present study differs from Guerard's in that it seeks not to impose a modern interpretation but, rather, to understand Conrad's psychological assumptions in contemporary terms. The study of contemporary psychology leads naturally to a study of moral assumptions, both in nineteenth century psychology and in Conrad's fiction, and ultimately to a fuller understanding of Conrad's early development as a moralist. A near fine copy bound in gray stiff paper wraps lettered in black, spine lettering black, very tiny bump to lower corner of front wrapper and a bit of toning to spine.
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