TY - BOOK AU - Watts, Cedric TI - Preface to Conrad SN - 9781138695498 U1 - 820.9 PY - 2016/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - English KW - English Literature KW - History and Criticism N1 - Includes Bibliography and Index; THE WRITER AND HIS SETTING Biographical background Cultural background THE ART OF CONRAD Conrad on his art The pressure towards paradox The cover plot: three examples Textual commentaries Nostromo Heroes, heroines, gender and feminism Conrad's place in literary history ER -