Evidence: | 'I am extremely gratified by the arrival of your book of Supermen. [...] your pages can give nothing but pleasure to a man who loves "la littérature critique" (not literary criticism). According to my habit when a fascinating book comes in my way (a sort of angel's visit) I've read it at once,wilfully and of malice prepense, neglecting my daily task to entertain the rare visitor.' Hence follow eight lines of praise. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 14 Apr 1909 and 16 Apr 1909 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Aldington, Nr Hythe county: Kent specific address: Forehead |
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Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
Country of origin: | Poland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | J. (James) G. Gibbons Huneker |
Title: | Egoists: A Book of Supermen |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | New York: Scribner's, 1909 |
Provenance: | owned sent by author |
Record ID: | 25549 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 217 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to J.G.Huneker dated 16 April 1909, Aldington. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25549, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
J.G.Huneker (1857-1921) was an American fiction writer and art, literary and music critic. He ranked Conrad with among others, Flaubert. See fns 1,2, p. 217 of source text. |
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