The product is the "Heart of Darkness (Fifth Edition)" in the Norton Critical Editions series by Joseph Conrad. Published by Norton & Company, Incorporated, the trade paperback edition was released in 2016. This edition includes illustrations and spans 504 pages, making it a valuable addition to any collection of classics and general fiction. With its updated and expanded content, this book offers readers a deeper understanding of Conrad's iconic work and its enduring relevance.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393264866
ISBN-139780393264869
eBay Product ID (ePID)229091137
Product Key Features
Edition5
Book TitleHeart of Darkness
Number of Pages504 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJoseph Conrad, Paul B. Armstrong
Book SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2016-018487
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number0
Dewey Decimal823/.912
Edition DescriptionCritical
Synopsis"This is the best Norton Critical Edition yet! All my students have become intensely interested in reading Conrad--largely because of this excellent work." --Elise F. Knapp, Western Connecticut State University, This Norton Critical Edition includes: - A newly edited text based on the first English book edition (1902), the last version to which Conrad is known to have actively contributed. "Textual History and Editing Principles" provides an overview of the textual controversies and ambiguities perpetually surrounding Heart of Darkness. - Background and source materials on colonialism and the Congo, nineteenth-century attitudes toward race, Conrad in the Congo, and Conrad on art and literature. - Fifteen illustrations. - Seven contemporary responses to the novella along with eighteen essays in criticism-ten of them new to the Fifth Edition, including an entirely new subsection on film adaptations of Heart of Darkness. - A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography., - A newly edited text based on the first English book edition (1902), the last version to which Conrad is known to have actively contributed. "Textual History and Editing Principles" provides an overview of the textual controversies and ambiguities perpetually surrounding Heart of Darkness . - Background and source materials on colonialism and the Congo, nineteenth-century attitudes toward race, Conrad in the Congo, and Conrad on art and literature. - Fifteen illustrations. - Seven contemporary responses to the novella along with eighteen essays in criticism--ten of them new to the Fifth Edition, including an entirely new subsection on film adaptations of Heart of Darkness . - A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography., This Norton Critical Edition includes: - A newly edited text based on the first English book edition (1902), the last version to which Conrad is known to have actively contributed. "Textual History and Editing Principles" provides an overview of the textual controversies and ambiguities perpetually surrounding Heart of Darkness . - Background and source materials on colonialism and the Congo, nineteenth-century attitudes toward race, Conrad in the Congo, and Conrad on art and literature. - Fifteen illustrations. - Seven contemporary responses to the novella along with eighteen essays in criticism--ten of them new to the Fifth Edition, including an entirely new subsection on film adaptations of Heart of Darkness . - A Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography.