The Titanic Series: Reflections on Cambridge University Press’s Edition of the Literary Works of Joseph Conrad
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Keywords

Cambridge University Press
Joseph Conrad
editions
editorial criteria
house styling
logical clarity
rhetorical effectiveness

How to Cite

Watts, C. (2019). The Titanic Series: Reflections on Cambridge University Press’s Edition of the Literary Works of Joseph Conrad. Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 54(1), 179–198. https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2019-0009

Abstract

In this essay, therefore, I use a sequence of comparisons to demonstrate the presence of a pattern of flaws. The sequences are taken from Notes on Life and Letters, ’Twixt Land and Sea / Tales, Last Essays, Lord Jim, and The Nigger of the “Narcissus”. I compare extracts from the Cambridge texts with extracts taken from other editions.

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Conrad, Joseph. 1923. ’Twixt Land and Sea / Tales. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons.

Conrad, Joseph. 1924. Notes on Life and Letters. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons.

Conrad, Joseph. 1926. Last Essays. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons.

Conrad, Joseph. 1946. Lord Jim / A Tale. London: J. M. Dent & Sons.

Conrad, Joseph. 1950. The Nigger of the “Narcissus”. London: J. M. Dent & Sons.

Conrad, Joseph. 1990. The Secret Agent. Edited by Bruce Harkness & S. W. Reid, assisted by Nancy Birk. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Conrad, Joseph. 1997. The Secret Agent. Edited by Cedric Watts. London: Everyman Dent Orion.

Conrad, Joseph. 2002. Notes on Life and Letters. Edited by J. H. Stape & Andrew Busza. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Conrad, Joseph. 2010. Last Essays. Edited by Harold Ray Stevens & J. H. Stape, with the assistance of Mary Burgoyne & Alexandre Fachard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Conrad, Joseph. 2017. The Nigger of the “Narcissus” / A Tale of the Sea. Edited by Allan H. Simmons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Watts, Cedric. Forthcoming. Review of Conrad’s Victory. An Island Tale. Edited by J. H. Stape & Alexandre Fachard. Conradiana.