| Evidence: | 'I am delighted and honoured by your gift of an inscribed copy [presumably of "Voices of Tomorrow" but see additional comment]. It is with great pleasure that I discover in myself an intellectual (or perhaps instinctive) sympathy for what you say in your book with such force, clearness and conviction. In the article on myself what I see first is the generosity of your appreciation.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1912 and 16 May 1912 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | E.(Edwin) A.(August) Bjorkman |
| Title: | Voices of Tomorrow:Critical Studies on the New Spirit of Literature |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical, see additional comment |
| Publication details: | New York, 1912 and 1913 see additional comment |
| Provenance: | owned gift from author |
| Record ID: | 27575 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to E.A.Bjorkman dated 16 May 1912, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 5, 1912-1916 (Cambridge, 1996), 5, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27575, accessed: 08 December 2023 | |
| See fns 1-3 p.65 of source text. There is here some inconsistency/uncertainty about whether Conrad received and was reading the May 1912 issue of 'American Review of Reviews' in which Bjorkman's essay on him 'Joseph Conrad: A Master of Literary Color' first appeared, or whether it was the book 'Voices of Tomorrow' which seems to have only been first published in 1913. The context suggests the published book, even though inconsistent with the footnote information. This entry is included as example of Conrad's reactions after reading essays about himself. There are many such examples refrred to in his letters, which have not been submitted for recording in the database. |
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