The Secret Sharer and Other Stories: A Norton Critical Edition - Norton Critical Editions Critical edition

Publisher Marketing: Backgrounds and Contexts brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey s Ordeal of theCutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas. To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. Criticism includes seventeen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad s major themes colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Ian Watt, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors A chronology of Conrad s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included "

Contributor Bio:  Conrad, Joseph Joseph Conrad, (1857-1924) born JOzef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-born English novelist. Most of his works featured a nautical setting and depicted trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. Before he started writing, Conrad joined the French merchant marines and later joined the British navy. Some of his numerous works include, Heart of Darkness, The Arrow of Gold, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, and Lord Jim. Contributor Bio:  Peters, John G John G. Peters is Professor of English at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Joseph Conrad s Critical Reception, The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad, and Conrad and Impressionism. He is editor of Joseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews (Volume 2), A Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad, and Conrad in the Public Eye: Biography/Criticism/Publicity.