Free Will And Determinism In Joseph Conrads Major Novels

Author : Ludwig Schnauder
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042026162
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Will and Determinism in Joseph Conrad's Major Novels written by Ludwig Schnauder and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paradigmatic analysis of three of Conrad's most significant novels, "Heart of Darkness, Nostromo," and "The Secret Agent," investigates the writer's position in the free will and determinism debate by identifying recurring themes in which the freedom-of-the-will problem manifests itself.

Author : Perry D. Westbrook
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725283689
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Will and Determinism in American Literature written by Perry D. Westbrook and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of the freedom or the bondage of the will was brought to this country by the Puritans, and it has been one of the unanswerable questions ever since. Whereas many other books have been written on Puritanism and on naturalism in their philosophic and theological manifestations, this book traces these ideas through our national literature. Chapter 1 begins with a brief account of St. Augustine's views concerning the will, continues with a full discussion of John Calvin's modifications of Augustine's views, and ends with a consideration of Puritan concepts of the will as found in the writings of Michael Wigglesworth and Jonathan Edwards. The second chapter looks at the subject of the predestinated will in the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Mary Wilkins Freeman and in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. In the succeeding chapter attention is turned to nineteenth-century authors actively hostile to the Calvinistic concept of predestination: Charles Brockden Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Mark Twain. The next two chapters then trace the rise of naturalistic determinism and compare and contrast it with the Calvinistic doctrines of predestination and election. Focus is later directed on the blossoming of 'literary naturalism in America in the works of Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, Jack London, and Theodore Dreiser. The combining of naturalism with vestigial Calvinism in the novels of Ellen Glasgow and William Faulkner is the next subject of extended discussion. In the concluding two chapters attention is turned to libertarian philosophies opposed to predestination and naturalistic determinism, including deism, transcendentalism, pragmatism, and humanism. The influence of the great Russian novelists is presented, and William Dean Howells, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Willa Cather are discussed as humanistic writers. Finally, the continuing tension between humanism and scientific determinism is noted in the writings of Ernest Hemingway. The themes of the book are illustrated with many examples from the prose and verse of American writers.

Author : John G. Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110703485X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception written by John G. Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date history of the commentary written about the life and works of Joseph Conrad.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Chance: A Tale in Two Parts written by Joseph Conrad and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Chance: A Tale in Two Parts" by Joseph Conrad. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 085728584X
Total Pages : 1448 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joseph Conrad written by Joseph Conrad and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a major English novelist whose classic works of fiction depict the challenges to the human condition posed by the demands of duty and honour. Written in English, his third language after Polish and French, these works are excellent examples of Conrad’s poetic prose and exotic style. This selected collection includes ‘Heart of Darkness’, ‘Lord Jim’, ‘Nostromo’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ in a single volume, and is an essential edition for collectors, students and general lovers of Joseph Conrad.

Author : Bernard Berofsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Will and Determinism written by Bernard Berofsky and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
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Download or read book The Conradian written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781840220612
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Download or read book Selected Works of Joseph Conrad written by Joseph Conrad and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the novels Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent, together with a selection of Conrad's superb short stories.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781546309048
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book Joseph Conrad's Greatest Works: Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo written by Joseph Conrad and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Darkness, published in 1899, is considered by many to be the most famous work written by Joseph Conrad. The novella centers around a voyage up the Congo River into the heart of Africa by Marlow, the narrator of the story. Marlow tells his story to a group of friends while they are anchored on the River Thames in London. Conrad is able to masterly weave the story to show certain parallels between London and Africa.Lord Jim, published in 1900, is a novel that centers around the life and adventures of the title character, a young British seaman who must come to terms with his past. The book also features the character Marlow.Nostromo, published in 1904, is a novel that is set in a fictitious republic in South America. The book has often been recognized as one of the best novels of the 20th century and it is notable for having great characters such as the title character and Charles Gould.Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer who is considered to be one of the greatest authors in English literature. Conrad's books contain much of the elements seen in 19th-century realism but his modernistic writing also influenced many great authors that followed including Faulkner, Hemingway, and Orwell. Conrad wrote classics in many different genres and many of his works were based off his experiences at sea as a British merchant marine.

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6141 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad written by Joseph Conrad and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 6141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Joseph Conrad collection: Novels Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon & Falk The End of the Tether Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent The Nature of a Crime Under Western Eyes Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Rover Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel (unfinished) Short Stories Point of Honor: A Military Tale Falk: A Reminiscence Amy Foster To-morrow Karain, A Memory The Idiots The Outpost of Progress The Return Youth 'Twixt Land and Sea A Smile of Fortune The Secret Sharer Freya of the Seven Isles Gaspar Ruiz The Informer The Brute An Anarchist The Duel Il Conde The Warrior's Soul Prince Roman The Tale The Black Mate The Planter of Malata The Partner The Inn of the Two Witches Because of the Dollars Play One Day More Memoirs, Letters and Essays Collected Letters A Personal Record The Mirror of the Sea Notes on My Books Notes on Life & Letters Autocracy And War The Crime Of Partition A Note On The Polish Problem Poland Revisited Reflections On The Loss Of The Titanic Certain Aspects Of Inquiry Protection Of Ocean Liners A Friendly Place On Red Badge of Courage Biography & Critical Essays Joseph Conrad (A Biography) by Hugh Walpole Joseph Conrad, A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford The Making of an Author by Robert Lynd Tales of Mystery by Robert Lynd Joseph Conrad by John Albert Macy A Conrad Miscellany by John Albert Macy Joseph Conrad & The Athenæum by Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe.