Conrad

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) Grade Level:  9-12 Author of complex narratives that tackle the intricacies of imperialism, Joseph Conrad has written 31 books. His novels and stories include spies, revolutionaries, honor, and the codes of the sea. His parents were patriots and were exiled for political activities. Looking for adventure, he went to sea to avoid conscription, and found gambling and criminal activities like arms running. Having read Shakespeare in French, he taught himself English and began writing novels at sea. His psychological realism and multiple points of view were ahead of his time. Topic: Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924 URL: http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=989 Joseph Conrad: A Biographical Note Grade Level:  9-12 Child of Polish landowning gentry-nobility, Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born in 1857. His father, Apollo, wrote satirical comedies and patriotic and religious poetry. Under the guise of starting a periodical, Apollo organized an underground resistance, and was imprisoned in the Warsaw Citadel. His family was exiled to northern Russia, and Konrad was educated by his father and tutors. As the son of convicts, he would be responsible for lengthy military service, so he became a British subject and assumed the pen name Joseph Conrad. An avid reader of Polish literature, he followed many of the themes in his writing. Topic: Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924 URL: http://conrad-centre.w.interia.pl/pages/conrad_life_en.htm Heart of Darkness: A Guide to the Classic Novel by Joseph Conrad Grade Level:  9-12 In his stories about the sea and the jungles, Joseph Conrad became a famous novelist and a bit of an existentialist. Born in Russian Poland, he spoke polish, French, and English fluently. His father translated Shakespeare, and Conrad wrote in his third language, English. He published more than a dozen novels and two dozen short stories after a life at sea visiting foreign ports. Personal honor, human corruptibility, anarchy, redeeming an act of cowardice, and political oppression are some of the themes he addressed with his powerful narrative technique and characters. Topic: Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924 URL: http://www.marketgems.com/heartofdarkness/ Joseph Conrad Grade Level:  9-12 Classic Reader's free online collection of classic stories currently comprises more than three thousand works of literature (including nearly two thousand short stories) by more than three hundred authors. New works are added regularly. The entry on Polish-born English writer Joseph Conrad features a biographical sketch ("Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his novels drew the material, events, and personalities from his own experiences in different parts of the world"), an image, and the complete text of nine novels and eight short stories. Topic: Polish authors URL: http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.16/ Joseph Conrad (Teodor Josef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) 1857-1924 Grade Level:  9-12 Novelist and eminent author of short stories, Joseph Conrad joined the ranks of well-known authors like Stephen Crane, H.G. Wells, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The son of a Polish militant aristocrat, he joined his family in exile. His mother died when he was seven and his father died when he was eleven. He went to sea at the age of seventeen, and his many voyages provided a number of stories about boys at sea. Moral dilemmas filled his writing, and the ship's crew became a microcosm of the world at large. Topic: Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924 URL: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/conrad/pva39.html Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) Grade Level:  9-12 The University of Adelaide Library maintains eBooks@Adelaide, a free virtual collection of classic works in literature, philosophy, science, and history. The texts, most of which are complemented by biographical notes and related links, can be read online or downloaded for later use. Polish-born writer of English fiction Joseph Conrad is represented in this collection by several works, including Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Victory: An Island Tale. This entry also features an image of the author. Topic: Polish authors URL: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/conrad/joseph/ The Conradian: Review Grade Level:  9-12 This web site is a review of a book entitled Conrad and Impressionism by John G. Peters. Peters evaluates the impact of impressionism in painting and in literature on Joseph Conrad's philosophical and political views as well as on his literary techniques. According to the reviewer, Anne Luyat, Conrad shows a need to create meaning in a relative and uncertain universe and to come to terms with beliefs based on relative rather than objective or absolute values. There are many quotes and details from Conrad's works to support the author's contentions Topic: Impressionism in literature URL: http://www.josephconradsociety.org/conradian_review_luyat.htm Ford, Ford Madox Grade Level:  9-12 Born in England in 1873 as Ford Madox Hueffer, Ford Madox Ford legally changed his name to Ford in1919. Most noted as a novelist, Ford also wrote poetry, literary criticisms, travel essays, reminiscences, and became a well-respected editor. His best known work is "The Good Soldier" written in 1915. Ford collaborated with Joseph Conrad on "The Inheritors" and other works. This web site provides a brief professional biography of Ford and mentions his best known works. Topic: Ford, Ford Madox,--1873-1939 URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/fo/Ford-For.html