A Norton Critical Edition
This Norton Critical Edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad offers a newly edited text based on the 1902 edition. This critical edition is intended for anyone seeking in-depth insight into Conrad’s work and includes extensive background information, source material, and critical essays, including a section on film adaptations.
Description
The edition provides a clear overview of the text’s history and editorial principles of Heart of Darkness. It includes background information, original sources, and responses from the time of publication. In addition, essays are included that illuminate the work’s literary and cultural significance.
Product specifications
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Series: Norton Critical Editions
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication date: 2016-09-02
- Number of pages: 504
- ISBN: 9780393264869
- Theme: Classic fiction: literary and general
- BISAC: FICTION / Classics
About the author
Joseph Conrad, born in 1857 in Polish Ukraine, served in the French and British navies before beginning a literary career in England. He is especially known for Heart of Darkness, inspired by his travels on the Congo River. His work is characterized by a rich, unique style despite English being his third language. Conrad died in 1924 in England.