Conrads Popular Fictions Secret Histories and Sensational Novels [Hardcover]

Detectives, police informers, spies and spymasters, anarchists and terrorists, swindlers: these are the character types explored in Conrad's Popular Fictions. This book shows how Joseph Conrad experimented creatively with genres such as crime and espionage fiction, and sheds new light on the sources and contexts of his work.Glazzard examines themes such as espionage, diplomacy, investigation, and terrorism in Conrads work, tracing them back to popular contemporary texts & . A substantial work using an innovative approach, Conrads Popular Fictions could potentially serve as a reference point for future research on some of Conrads less frequently discussed writings. It is also recommended for those who are interested in turn-of-the-century English literature, culture,and the periods sociological background. (J?zsef Szabolcs Fagyal, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 24 (1), 2018)Andrew Glazzard is a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and a visiting lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. As well as writing on Conrad, he has written on Arnold Bennett, Arthur Conan Doyle, and H.G. Wells.