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by Joseph Conrad, William Atkinson. 292 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Joseph Conrad, William Atkinson

Publisher:

   Oxford University

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1997
Subjects:   Adventure Stories, English
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction vii
Note on the Texts xxiv
Select Bibliography xxix
Chronology xxxii
THE IDIOTS 3
THE LAGOON 27
TO-MORROW 41
AN ANARCHIST 69
THE INFORMER 91
THE BRUTE 115
IL CONDE 137
PRINCE ROMAN 154
THE INN OF THE TWO WITCHES 176
LAUGHING ANNE 203
THE WARRIOR'S SOUL 231
THE TALE 252
Explanatory Notes 270
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1.
Dreams of Adventure, Deeds of Empire
Book by Martin Green; Basic Books, 1979
Subjects: Adventure Stories, English--History And Criticism, Great Britain--Intellectual Life, Imperialism In Literature, Literature And Society--Great Britain, Political Fiction, English--History And Criticism
...Adventure stories History and...Caste, and Adventure 3...novel in English. Each ones...voyagers and the English adventure tale that...that one Englishman was worth...of romance adventure in fiction I mean the stories of Scott...
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The Lagoon and Other Stories
Book by Joseph Conrad, William Atkinson; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Adventure Stories, English
...Anne--The warriors soul--The tale. 1. Adventure stories, English. I. Atkinson, William, 1953- II...account for the forked quality of many stories, in which he uses the conventions of the adventure-romance to anatomize that very genre...
3.
Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Book by Richard A. Lupoff; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: Adventure Stories, American--History And Criticism, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography, Burroughs, Edgar Rice--1875-1950, Fantasy Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Tarzan (Fictitious Character)
...of course, for his jungle adventure stories, most of them featuring the...other than simple action-and-adventure stories. Burroughs died peacefully...made up wildly implausible adventure stories for his entertainment. Letting...
4.
Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction of Empire
Book by Mawuena Kossi Logan; Garland, 1999
Subjects: Adventure Stories, English--History And Criticism, Africa--In Literature, Boys--Books And Reading--Great Britain, Children's Stories, English--History And Criticism, English Literature--African Influences, Henty, G. A--(George Alfred)--1832-1902--Knowledge--Africa, Henty, G. A--(George Alfred)--1832-1902--Views On Imperialism, Imperialism In Literature, Narration (Rhetoric)
...History and criticiam. 4. Adventure stories, English History and criticism...the role of adventure stories in the age of imperialism: the adventure tales that formed the light reading of Englishmen for two hundred years...
5.
A Joseph Conrad Companion
Book by Leonard Orr, Ted Billy; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Adventure Stories, English--History And Criticism--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Conrad, Joseph--1857-1924--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Psychological Fiction, English--History And Criticism--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...manuals, etc. 3. Adventure stories, English -- History...himself as an English gentleman...Jim , all stories developing...the exotic adventure novelists...known as "the English" in his native...especially those stories where they...
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The Colonial Metropolis and Its Artistic Adventure: Conrad, Congo, and the Nouvelle Revue Francaise
Journal article by Niels Buch Leander; The Romanic Review, Vol. 99, 2008
Subjects: Adventure fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Adventure stories--Criticism and interpretation, Congo (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Conrad, Joseph (British novelist)--Criticism and interpretation, Literary associations--Works, Literary societies--Works, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation
...only with the literary canon, killed the journeys monotony with stacks of Lafontaine, Bossuet, and even Stevensons adventure stories. Gide may not entirely match NRF-writer Pierre Mac Orlans description of the modern adventurer as an "aventurier...
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The Feeling Eye: Nation, Nerves and Masculinity in the Colonial Adventure Romance
Journal article by Philippa Moylan; Journal of Australian Studies, 2000
Subjects: Adventure stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Criticism--Analysis, Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Masculinity (Psychology)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Style, Literary--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tragedies (Drama)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...were, in fact, the energising myth of English imperialism; `they charged Englands will...feeling.(14) The male heroes of colonial adventure romance appear to epitomise the men of...come undone. In one of Lancasters short stories, for example, an engineer who is `virile...
3.
By Reef and Palm: Sexual Politics and South Seas Tales
Journal article by Michael Sturma; Journal of Australian Studies, 1997
Subjects: Adventure stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Australian fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Becke, George Lewis--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Masculinity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Oceania--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...career, imperial adventure stories such as H.R...Australian and English Journals as...the longest stories of the collection...pick up an Englishman in Chilean...that when the Englishman tells Temeteri...That both stories end in tragedy...
4.
"Working" in the West: The Canadian Prairies as Playground in Late-Victorian Literature
Journal article by Carter F. Hanson; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 31, 2001
Subjects: Adventure fiction--1900s (Decade) AD, Adventure stories--1900s (Decade) AD, Books--Criticism and interpretation, British--Authorship, Canadians--Authorship, Western Canada--Portrayals
...also writing stories about the Canadian...ideal setting for adventure and romance...that he adapts English habits of orderliness...inheritance, but his adventures on the frontier...hero is a young English gentleman, Fred...their novels and stories were consumed...British gentleman-adventurer as free from...
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Images of Main Street: Disney World and the American Adventure
Journal article by Virgina A. Salamone, Frank A. Salamone; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 22, 1999
Subjects: Adventure, American Adventure, Amusement parks, Culture, Walt Disney World
...fruits. Dormers suggest second stories in homes that have no second...political purposes The American Adventure In contrast with Disneys various...maritime theme prevails. The English beer sold alongside Budweiser...the Old West. The American Adventure, however, in addition to the...
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Adventure Bound: The Search for New and Exciting Travel Opportunities-Not to Mention Good Dinner Party Stories-Has Led to a Rise in the Popularity of Truly Adventurous Holidays. Minty Clinch Joins a Challenging Horse Trek through the High Pamirs of Tajikistan to See What All the Fuss Is About
Magazine article by Minty Clinch; Geographical, Vol. 81, July 2009
Subjects: Adventure travel--Personal narratives, Tajikistan--Description and travel, Trails--Description and travel
...Opportunities-Not to Mention Good Dinner Party Stories-Has Led to a Rise in the Popularity of...Frontiers website in 2007, the niche adventure company was inundated with requests...welcome), a photographer (ditto), four very English ladies, a couple from Belgium and an...
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Lookout of Poetic Passage: In Imaginative Novellas and Stories, Award-Winning Colombian Writer Alvaro Mutis Captures the Inner Turmoil of a Universal Wanderer
Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, January 2004
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Adventure and adventurers--Portrayals, Adventurers--Portrayals, Authors, Colombian, Authors, Colombian--Works, Colombian writers--Works, Mutis, Alvaro--Works, Nomads, Nomads--Portrayals
...of Mutiss poems and stories, may share some traits...of Books issued The Adventures and Misadventures of...embarks upon his wildest adventures on land. It is his danger...I mention in several stories, was a real person who...issue, in all of his stories confluences of circumstance...
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Why British Thriller Writers of the 1930S, Such as Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, Offer a Far Better Exploration of the Nature of Freedom Than Any Other Novelists
Magazine article by Julian Evans; New Statesman, Vol. 132, March 10, 2003
Subjects: Adventure stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Adventure stories--Political aspects, Ambler, Eric--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spy stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...innocent distinction helped cause the English civil war of 1642-51, and the new view of liberty legitimised the setting up of the English Republic. It was despatched in the counter-revolution...beliefs turned Ambler into an uncomplicated English anarchist. When I spoke to him, shortly...
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To Teach Science, Tell Stories: We Need to Incorporate the Human Dimensions of Individual Struggle, Creativity, and Adventure into the Way We Teach Science
Magazine article by Niles Eldredge; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 25, Summer 2009
Subjects: Classroom management--Forecasts and trends, Classroom techniques--Forecasts and trends, Darwin, Charles--Appreciation, Darwin, Charles--Practice, Science education--Curricula, Science education--Study and teaching, Sciences education--Curricula, Sciences education--Study and teaching, Scientists--Appreciation, Scientists--Practice, Storytelling--Usage
...Creativity, and Adventure into the Way...preference for stories, and the Judeo-Christian...rather teachers of English, writers of novels...narratives--our stories--should give...derring-do!) adventures of actually doing...If we tell the stories well enough...parts of the English and history curricula...
5.
Alchemist of Forgotten Stories
Magazine article by Marcelo Montecino; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 48, July 1996
Subjects: Artists, Chilean--Biography, Nunez, Guillermo--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Alchemist of forgotten stories by Marcelo Montecino...between the artist and the spectator. An adventure without conformity, without preestablished...different, accumulated, and forgotten stories. Marcelo Montecino is a journalist...
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Tales of Adventure; (Editor's Note: The Pinays' Need to Earn Exposed Them to Harrowing Stories in the Middle East as Noted by the Author.)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2006
...Earn Exposed Them to Harrowing Stories in the Middle East as Noted...still go there for the sake of adventure and immediate need to earn...Carlos Bulusan also studied English prose so well. Coming home...saving a dollar or adding a few English words to prove he stayed in...
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Den Creates a Fantasy World Full of Adventure; Pupils' Space to Encourage Love of Books
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 24, 2008
Subjects: Children's books, Children's stories
...Fantasy World Full of Adventure; Pupils Space to Encourage...telling and sharing stories was created at a North...Carr, deputy head and English coordinator at the school...encompasses everything Seven Stories is about. We encourage...fantasy world" of creative adventure. Effie said: "I tried...
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An Adventure on Every Page; the Heroes and Villains Thrilled Generations of Children. Now One of Those Boys Has Turned His Passion for Story Papers into a Scholarly Book. David Charters Reports
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 4, 2006
...cracking science fiction, school, mystery, crime and adventure stories. But Baldy Hogan of Burhill United stood out. "He...father, Percy, was in charge of the stores at the English Electric factory in Preston and his mother, Lilian...
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Multicultural Famous Five Find Adventure on Television
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 20, 2008
...Critics say her foreign characters in her Adventure stories, like Island of Adventure, speak strangely and are rarely seen as intelligent...a year because she is academically behind her English counterparts. Famous Five: On the Case launches...
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An Adventure That Becomes a Horror Story; as Buyers Target New Areas Away from Costas in Search of a Dream, Experts Warn of Hidden Risks and Legal Pitfalls
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 14, 2005
Subjects: Financial services, Financial services industry, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, Smith, Ian (American physician)
An Adventure That Becomes a Horror Story...steadily. A host of horror stories has shown that certain types...valuers who prepare reports in English. Paying for a survey, discovering...Spanish properties and can find English-speaking surveyors and lawyers...
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Middle English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rituals, replaced those of the heroic code; adventure and feats of courage were pursued for...Anglo-Saxon alliterative line in Middle English poetry (with the important exception...Chaucers The Canterbury Tales are stories told each other by pilgrims who comprise...
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Smollett, Tobias George
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...tough, coarse, episodic adventure stories, exposing a crude and...Cervantess Don Quixote into English. His novel Sir Lancelot...sympathetic story of a familys adventures through England and...affairs, The History and Adventures of an Atom (1769...
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Masefield, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MASEFIELD, JOHN mas , 1878 1967, English poet. He went to sea as a youth and later spent several...Shakespeare (1911) is the most notable. Other works include adventure stories for boys and two war sketches, Gallipoli (1916) and The...
4.
Marryat, Frederick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mar eat, 1792 1848, English novelist. He is famous...thrilling tales of sea adventure. His 24 years of service...provided background for his stories. Noted for their humor...devoted himself to writing adventure books for children, notably...
5.
American Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...robust and perhaps truthful account of his adventures by Captain John Smith and the sober...worthy of comparison with that of the English metaphysical poet George Herbert...attention by presenting American folk stories, and James Fenimore Cooper , who wrote...
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