Books by John G. (University of North Texas) Peters

This book provides a history of the commentary written about the life and works of Joseph Conrad. It traces the chronological development of this commentary and contextualizes scholarly debates throughout the history of Conrad criticism within popular critical trends.

An essential book for students of the twentieth-century novel and of modernism, this introduction is aimed at students studying Conrad for the first time. John G. Peters explains how the key themes of travel and conflict are explored in the major works, Nostromo, Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness.