The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad In A Global World
by Maya Jasanoff /
2017 / English / EPUB
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“Enlightening, compassionate, superb”
“Enlightening, compassionate, superb”—John Le
Carré
—John Le
Carré
A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his
turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most
exciting young historians writing today
A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his
turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most
exciting young historians writing today
Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and
nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces shaped
Joseph Conrad’s destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century. In
this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in
modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of
globalization. As an immigrant from Poland to England, and in
travels from Malaya to Congo to the Caribbean, Conrad navigated an
interconnected world, and captured it in a literary oeuvre of
extraordinary depth. His life story delivers a history of
globalization from the inside out, and reflects powerfully on the
aspirations and challenges of the modern world.
Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and
nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces shaped
Joseph Conrad’s destiny at the dawn of the twentieth century. In
this brilliant new interpretation of one of the great voices in
modern literature, Maya Jasanoff reveals Conrad as a prophet of
globalization. As an immigrant from Poland to England, and in
travels from Malaya to Congo to the Caribbean, Conrad navigated an
interconnected world, and captured it in a literary oeuvre of
extraordinary depth. His life story delivers a history of
globalization from the inside out, and reflects powerfully on the
aspirations and challenges of the modern world.
Joseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857, to
Polish parents in the Russian Empire. At sixteen he left the
landlocked heart of Europe to become a sailor, and for the next
twenty years travelled the world’s oceans before settling
permanently in England as an author. He saw the surging,
competitive "new imperialism" that planted a flag in almost every
populated part of the globe. He got a close look, too, at the
places “beyond the end of telegraph cables and mail-boat lines,”
and the hypocrisy of the west’s most cherished ideals.
Joseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857, to
Polish parents in the Russian Empire. At sixteen he left the
landlocked heart of Europe to become a sailor, and for the next
twenty years travelled the world’s oceans before settling
permanently in England as an author. He saw the surging,
competitive "new imperialism" that planted a flag in almost every
populated part of the globe. He got a close look, too, at the
places “beyond the end of telegraph cables and mail-boat lines,”
and the hypocrisy of the west’s most cherished ideals.
In a compelling blend of history, biography, and travelogue, Maya
Jasanoff follows Conrad’s routes and the stories of his four
greatest works—
In a compelling blend of history, biography, and travelogue, Maya
Jasanoff follows Conrad’s routes and the stories of his four
greatest works—The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent,
,Lord
Jim
Lord
Jim,
,Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness, and
, andNostromo
Nostromo.
Genre-bending, intellectually thrilling, and deeply
humane,
.
Genre-bending, intellectually thrilling, and deeply
humane,The Dawn Watch
The Dawn Watch embarks on a spell-binding
expedition into the dark heart of Conrad’s world—and through it to
our own.
embarks on a spell-binding
expedition into the dark heart of Conrad’s world—and through it to
our own.
