![]() In the 1946 novel Bright Day by the popular English novelist J. Second, Conrad's style is notoriously 'dense'. For example, the murky world of late nineteenth-century anarchists that forms the backdrop of The Secret Agent does not lend itself to easy familiarity-the novel's subtitle, A Simple Tale, is somewhat misleading if one misses the irony. Although his work has been admired for its range, subtlety and depth and for its handling of major issues such as colonialism, imperialism and the crisis of Western culture, readers facing his novels for the first time sometimes find them difficult to read.įirst, Conrad's subjects are often rooted in inaccessible contexts, and the way in which he treats them sometimes diminishes their accessibility further. (Though when Leavis's book was published in 1948, Conrad's reputation was at a relatively low ebb.) Today, Conrad's politics and prose are under almost constant review. Leavis's The Great Tradition as worthy of being remembered by posterity. He was one of only five authors to be named in E R. ![]() Few writers can have aroused as much critical debate as Joseph Conrad. ![]()
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