Within the Tides

The first scholarly edition of Conrad's last published volume of short stories.

Joseph Conrad (Author), Alexandre Fachard (Edited by), Laurence Davies (Introduction by), Andrew Purssell (Contributions by)

9781107017580, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 April 2012

508 pages, 9 b/w illus. 1 map 3 tables
22.9 x 14.7 x 3.6 cm, 0.76 kg

Within the Tides (1915) was the last volume of short stories published during Conrad's lifetime. In this book, the stories are published for the first time in a critical edition based upon a thorough analysis of the original documents, and the critical texts have been emended so as to include Conrad's later revisions. The introduction discusses Conrad's main sources and influences, places the stories in their contemporary contexts and traces the volume's contemporary reception. The essay on the texts and the 'Apparatus' document the history of composition and publication and detail the revisions that the texts underwent, demonstrating as well how editors and compositors shaped their presentation in serial form. Also included are explanatory notes glossing literary and historical allusions. Two glossaries – of nautical terms and of foreign words and phrases – further enrich the explanatory matter, as do a map and six illustrations.

General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations and note on editions
Introduction
Within the Tides: author's note
The planter of Malata
The partner
The inn of the two witches: a find
Because of the dollars
The texts: an essay
Apparatus
Textual notes
Appendices
Explanatory notes
Glossaries.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]