Tales of Unrest

The first full scholarly edition of Conrad's first collection of short stories, first published in 1898.

Joseph Conrad (Author), Allan H. Simmons (Edited by), J. H. Stape (Edited by)

9781107005501, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 February 2012

376 pages, 8 b/w illus. 2 maps
22.2 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.58 kg

'This latest instalment in the Cambridge edition of Conrad's collected works, edited by Allan H. Simmons and J. H. Stape, aims to recover an experience of reading Conrad stripped of the interventions that produced the texts with which we are now familiar … Conrad studies today, much like Conrad's career then, are in vital, vibrant form.' Andrew Purssell, English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920

The five stories brought together in Tales of Unrest (1898) mark a turning point in the writer's career. Conrad's first short story collection evidences a writer firmly in control of his new craft staking a claim to diverse cultural and fictional territories. The introduction situates the writing of these stories in Conrad's career and discusses their sources and contemporary reception. The explanatory notes identify literary and historical references and real-life places, and indicate influences. Two maps and six illustrations enrich the explanatory matter. The essay on the text lays out the history of the work's composition and publication, details interventions by Conrad's typists, compositors and editors, and explains editorial policy. This edition, established through modern textual scholarship, presents Conrad's stories and his preface to the collection in forms more authoritative than any so far printed.

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations and note on editions
Introduction
Tales of Unrest: Author's note
'Karain: A Memory'
'The Idiots'
'An Outpost of Progress'
'The Return'
'The Lagoon'
The texts: an essay
Apparatus
Appendices
Explanatory notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH], Literary studies: general [DSB]