Joseph Conrad and the Modern Temper

`Joseph Conrad and the Modern Temper has the virtue of a responsiveness to the dynamic tensions and struggles which are so memorably and disturbingly experienced in reading Conrad's works.' John Lyon, The Higher 'This is an interesting work.' R. Nadelhaft, University of Maine at Orono, Choice, May '92 'There is much that is excellent in this book ... we can be very happy with what it has brought us at last.' Allan Hunter, Curry College, Massachusetts, Notes and Queries, Vol. 39, No. 4, December 1992 'Some of Erdinast-Vulcan's readings are fresh and original ... This study will be particularly useful to teachers of Conrad who want to use contemporary critical theory to update the way in which they present his novels.' Ross C. Murfin, University of Miami, Nineteenth-Century Literature 47:4 (March 1993) 'Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan's study of Conrad shows a deep understanding of Conrad's fiction and comes to terms with some important thematic issues in his work ... she writes lucidly and sensibly. Hers is an example of close reading within a historically contextual framework. Erdinast-Vulcan has written a solid, thoughtful, and commendably readable book.' Daniel R. Schwarz, Cornell University, Studies in the Novel 'The merits of this work should not be understated ... This is a scholarly work, one feels, carried out in remarkable English.' L'Epoque Conradienne 1993 (Vol. 19) 'An unmixed moral may be hard to find in a good Conrad story, but Joseph Conrad and the Modern Temper offers a compelling account of his struggles and his failures to provide one.' Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Conradian (Volume 18: No. 1), Autumn 1993