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Works of Joseph Conrad: Critical Commentary

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Conrad, Joseph

Conrad, Joseph
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critical Commentary

Literary critics are almost unanimous in hailing Conrad as a master
novelist and stylist. There are those, however, who are bothered by certain
facets of Conrad's style and tend to emphasize the strength of his moral
attitudes. This school, led by the British critic, F. R. Leavis, believes that
Conrad follows the great tradition of English novelists, from Austen to Eliot
to Dickens, who are able to dramatize the great moral and ethical issues that
face society. Leavis does not particularly enjoy the adjectival excesses of
Conrad's ...

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