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”Twixt Land and Sea” in Conrad's Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories

Publication date: 17.05.2018

Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2017, Vol. 12, pp. 87 - 99

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.17.006.8663

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Joanna Skolik
University of Opole
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9218-7535 Orcid
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”Twixt Land and Sea” in Conrad's Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories

Abstract

The article aims at discussing the interdependence of the marine and the land spaces in Conrad’s works. Although they serve the same purpose—they constitute the background, and set the scene for Conrad’s tales, the marine space works quite frequently as a catalyst for human actions. The Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories volume is analysed in order to present the image of land and sea as created by the writer. Moreover, the voyage, the element joining the tales, will be considered from the perspective suggested by Juliet McLauchlan in her inspiring article Conrad’s ‘Three Ages of Man’: The ‘Youth’ Volume.

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Information: Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2017, Vol. 12, pp. 87 - 99

Article type: Original article

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Published at: 17.05.2018

Article status: Open

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