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Characterized by Conrad himself as his âmost deeply meditated novel,â Under Western Eyes enjoyed a warm reception on its publication in October 1911. In the century since it has rewarded readers with various pleasures. Exploring the intertwined subjects of personal morality, the nature of the State, national character and identity, and covertly digging into the tensions of his familyâs past, the novel is the last of Conradâs sustained excursions into overtly political territory.
This collection of eleven essays considers Conradâs achievement from several perspectives. Opening with a provocative essay on the textâs genesis, it surveys intertextual relations and influences, considers its ethical challenges, its psychological appeal to our time, and its contemporary reception and reception in Russia.
Addressed to the scholar of literary Modernism, âUnder Western Eyesâ: Centennial Essays offers a vivid snapshot of current critical technologies. This well-balanced collection should help the student and classroom teacher alike in pursuing further the novelâs richly layered interests.
This collection of eleven essays considers Conradâs achievement from several perspectives. Opening with a provocative essay on the textâs genesis, it surveys intertextual relations and influences, considers its ethical challenges, its psychological appeal to our time, and its contemporary reception and reception in Russia.
Addressed to the scholar of literary Modernism, âUnder Western Eyesâ: Centennial Essays offers a vivid snapshot of current critical technologies. This well-balanced collection should help the student and classroom teacher alike in pursuing further the novelâs richly layered interests.
Foreword
Paul Eggert: Conradâs Working Methods in Under Western Eyes: The Editorial Challenge
Yael Levin: The Interruption of Writing: Uncanny Intertextuality in Under Western Eyes
Jeremy Hawthorn: Generic Transformations in Under Western Eyes and âThe Secret Sharerâ: Echoes of E. T. A. Hoffmannâs âThe Sandmanâ and Dostoevskyâs âThe Doubleâ
Richard Niland: âUnfit for Action . . . Unable to Restâ: Goethe, Lermontov, and Under Western Eyes
Catherine Delesalle-Nancey: Underground Explosion: The Ethics of Betrayal in Under Western Eyes and Malcolm Lowryâs Under the Volcano
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan: The Conradian Subject-in-Process: The Question of Ethics in Under Western Eyes
Carola M. Kaplan: Conradâs Fatherless Sons: Betrayal by Paternity and Failure of Fraternity in Under Western Eyes
Josiane Paccaud-Huguet: Conrad Our Contemporary? The Case of Under Western Eyes
Andrzej Busza: Under Western Eyes and âThe Theatre of the Realâ
Ludmilla Voitkovska: A View from the East: The Russian Reception of Under Western Eyes
John G. Peters: Under Western Eyes: An Explosive Review
Contributors
Paul Eggert: Conradâs Working Methods in Under Western Eyes: The Editorial Challenge
Yael Levin: The Interruption of Writing: Uncanny Intertextuality in Under Western Eyes
Jeremy Hawthorn: Generic Transformations in Under Western Eyes and âThe Secret Sharerâ: Echoes of E. T. A. Hoffmannâs âThe Sandmanâ and Dostoevskyâs âThe Doubleâ
Richard Niland: âUnfit for Action . . . Unable to Restâ: Goethe, Lermontov, and Under Western Eyes
Catherine Delesalle-Nancey: Underground Explosion: The Ethics of Betrayal in Under Western Eyes and Malcolm Lowryâs Under the Volcano
Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan: The Conradian Subject-in-Process: The Question of Ethics in Under Western Eyes
Carola M. Kaplan: Conradâs Fatherless Sons: Betrayal by Paternity and Failure of Fraternity in Under Western Eyes
Josiane Paccaud-Huguet: Conrad Our Contemporary? The Case of Under Western Eyes
Andrzej Busza: Under Western Eyes and âThe Theatre of the Realâ
Ludmilla Voitkovska: A View from the East: The Russian Reception of Under Western Eyes
John G. Peters: Under Western Eyes: An Explosive Review
Contributors