Conrad and Quinn : a case study in materialist canon formation

This thesis examines Joseph Conrad’s legacy as a modernist writer and argues that patron John Quinn was instrumental to securing it. The novelist wrote before the peak of modernism, belonged to non-modernist social spheres, and ultimately attained popular and commercial success unavailable to – and...

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Main Author: Gardner, Rachael
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44436