{"product_id":"the-inwardness-of-things-joseph-conrad-and-the-voice-of-poetry-hardback-9781487558055","title":"The Inwardness of Things; Joseph Conrad and the Voice of Poetry (Hardback) 9781487558055","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Inwardness of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJoseph Conrad and the Voice of Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDebra Romanick Baldwin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487558055\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Inwardness of Things\u003c\/em\u003e considers Joseph Conrad as a modern voice in an ancient and enduring quarrel between the poets and the philosophers. Beginning from the polemical poetics of his 1897 preface, Debra Romanick Baldwin focuses on Conrad\u0026amp;#x2019;s distinctively poetic \"inward\" approach to truth – an inwardness that is found in lived experience, in language, and in the world beyond the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book traces Conrad\u0026amp;#x2019;s poetic voice from the rhetoric of his private letters to the narrative techniques of his fiction and finally to his explicit engagement with abstract approaches to truth. Baldwin applies narrative and rhetorical analysis to Conrad\u0026amp;#x2019;s private correspondence, showing how he encouraged fellow writers – John Galsworthy, F. Warrington Dawson, R.B. Cunninghame Graham, Ted Sanderson, and Edward Noble – to engage with the inwardness of their own experience. The book explores how Conrad crafted moments of narrative solidarity in his fictional narratives to evoke the experience of the inwardness of another, while also considering his explicit polemics against abstract approaches to truth-seeking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMindful of the colonial, late Victorian, Polish Romantic, and cosmopolitan contexts in which Conrad wrote, \u003cem\u003eThe Inwardness of Things\u003c\/em\u003e nevertheless situates him in a broader human conversation that he himself invited and argues for the enduring value of his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One – Hidden Contingencies: Approaching Inwardness in the Rhetoric of the Private Letters \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. John Galsworthy: An Invitation to Dare\u003cbr\u003e2. F. Warrington Dawson: A Lesson in the Lower Case\u003cbr\u003e3. R.B. Cunninghame Graham: The Two Languages of Engagement \u003cbr\u003e4. E.L. \"Ted\" Sanderson: A Humanizing Benediction\u003cbr\u003e5. Edward Noble: Sensational Advice and the Poetic Faculty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two – Crafting Inwardness: The Art of Narrative Solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Temperament and the Aims of a Deliberate Art \u003cbr\u003e7. The Difficulty of Telling in \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e8. Beneath the Masks of the \"Narcissus\"\u003cbr\u003e9. \"The Brute\" Within\u003cbr\u003e10. The Inwardness of a Simple Idea in \"Prince Roman\"\u003cbr\u003e11. Looking More Deeply in \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. Inwardness and Autocracy in \u003cem\u003eUnder Western Eyes \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e13. Conradian Eros and the Longing for Shared Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three – A Modern Voice in an Ancient Quarrel \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Artist vs. Thinker\u003cbr\u003e15. To Bertrand Russell from a Common Mortal \u003cbr\u003e16. Thinkers Ancient and Modern in \"The Planter of Malata\" and Victory\u003cbr\u003e17. Socrates Reimagined in \u003cem\u003eChance\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e18. The Quiet Success of \"A Rather Simple Man\" in \"Typhoon\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685487931672,"sku":"9781487558055","price":42.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-inwardness-of-things-joseph-conrad-and-the-voice-of-poetry-hardback-9781487558055","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}