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 \nNUNC COGNOSCO EX PARTETRENT UNIVERSITYLIBRARY  \nSTUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE No.I2  \nGeneral EditorDavid Daiches  \nDean of tie School of English and American Studies,University of Sussex  \n6  \nFor my parents  \nCONRAD:LORD JIM  \nbyTONY TANNER  \nFellow of King's College,Cambridge  \nBARRON'S EDUCATIONAL SERIES,INC.Great Neck,New York  \nTONY TANNER 1963First published 1963  \nPR  \n6005  \n0L77  \nLibrary of Congress Catalogue Card Number:63-18816  \nONULP  \n# General Preface\n\nIn spite of the now well established academic preference forclose criticism of the text of the individual literary work overgeneralizations about movements and periods,there has been aconspicuous lack of extended critical studies of works other thansingle lyric poems aimed at the college and university student.Thepresent series is therefore designed to provide studies of individualplays,novels and groups of poems and essays,which are known tobe widely studied in the universities.The emphasis is on clarificationand evaluation;biographical and historical facts,while they may,of course,be referred to as helpful to an understanding of particularelements in a writer's work,will be subordinated to critical dis-cussion.What kind of work is this?What exactly goes on here?How good is this work,and why?These are the questions whicheach writer will try to answer.  \nDAVID DAICHES  \n005429  \nContents  \n7  \nI.INTRODUCTION  \nGenre  \nStructure  \nMarlow  \nSources  \n2.LORD JIM  \nEarly failure and eastern refugeThe Patna and Jim's first jumpThe transition between two worldsPatusan and Jim's second jumpFarewell to the Butterflies  \n3.CONRAD's WORLD:The Complacent,the Efficient 57and the Damned  \nSHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY60INDEX6I  \nThe Author wishes to acknowledge the kind permission given by  \nJ.M.Dent &Sons Ltd.to quote from Conrad:Lord Jim;Secker &Warburg Ltd.to quote from The Man Withowt Qualities by Musiland from André Gide's Journals;Charles Scribner's Sons,Ltd.,toquote from Henry James's Prefaces.","cbCaiteqmJ4SofGu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiteqmJ4SofGu","pdf",2187274,72,"English","# General Preface\n## Introduction\n## Lord Jim\n## Conrad's World\n## Short Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the series intended to provide for college and university students?\",\"answer\":\"It provides critical studies of individual plays, novels, and groups of poems and essays widely studied at universities.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the preface define the emphasis of these studies?\",\"answer\":\"The emphasis is on clarification and evaluation, with biographical and historical facts subordinated to critical discussion.\"},{\"question\":\"What questions do the writers in the series aim to answer?\",\"answer\":\"They aim to address what kind of work it is, what exactly goes on in it, how good it is, and why.\"}]","General Preface - clarification and evaluation - Lord Jim | PDF",1790674698,111]