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Books that Shaped the Century

Books that Shaped the Century 133 LOGOS Books that Shaped the Century Text by Richard Abel (Each entry shows nationality of author and language of first publication) 1900 CONRAD, Joseph (Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857–1924) Russian-Polish/British Lord Jim English Russian by nationality and Polish by descent and early upbringing, Conrad became, as a product of his adventurous seafaring years, the very model of the writer as outsider, the loner seeking out the world and bent on personally engaging and experi- encing life in many of its facets, particularly its most extreme. England was his adopted country, and a remarkably fluent and forceful English his literary language. Lord Jim , one of his four most powerful works, deals intensely with the themes which pre- occupied him and established his commanding rep- utation in 20th century fiction – the individual, surrounded by evil, but harboring within him/ herself the thin veneer which separates civilized humankind from the savage and the animal; the extraordinary fortitude and fidelity required to live an ethically and intellectually valid life. 1900 FREUD, Sigmund (1856–1939) Austrian Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams) German This title, from among the works of the Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, was selected as one http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Logos Brill

Books that Shaped the Century

Abel, Richard
Logos , Volume 10 (3): 133 – Jan 1, 1999
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Brill
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0957-9656
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10.2959/logo.1999.10.3.133
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133 LOGOS Books that Shaped the Century Text by Richard Abel (Each entry shows nationality of author and language of first publication) 1900 CONRAD, Joseph (Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857–1924) Russian-Polish/British Lord Jim English Russian by nationality and Polish by descent and early upbringing, Conrad became, as a product of his adventurous seafaring years, the very model of the writer as outsider, the loner seeking out the world and bent on personally engaging and experi- encing life in many of its facets, particularly its most extreme. England was his adopted country, and a remarkably fluent and forceful English his literary language. Lord Jim , one of his four most powerful works, deals intensely with the themes which pre- occupied him and established his commanding rep- utation in 20th century fiction – the individual, surrounded by evil, but harboring within him/ herself the thin veneer which separates civilized humankind from the savage and the animal; the extraordinary fortitude and fidelity required to live an ethically and intellectually valid life. 1900 FREUD, Sigmund (1856–1939) Austrian Die Traumdeutung (The Interpretation of Dreams) German This title, from among the works of the Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, was selected as one

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