Conrad??the Duel ― Sources / Text

Readers have been aware that the plot for the Napolonic tale “The Duel” derived from an existing account. What has been unknown till now is the large number of venues in which that account variously appeared. This volume traces the tale’s fascinating genealogy and the immediate contemporary source that inspired Conrad’s 1907 story.

J. H. Stape, late of St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, was the author ofThe Several Lives of Joseph Conrad (2007). He edited several of Conrad’s texts for The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, and editedThe Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (1996) and The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad(2015). He also published on E. M. Forster, William Golding, Thomas Hardy, Angus Wilson, and Virginia Woolf.John G. Peters is a University Distinguished Research Professor of English at the University of North Texas. He is author ofConrad and Impressionism, The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad, Joseph Conrad’s Critical Receptionand is editor of several books on Conrad, including Conrad in the Public Eye, A Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad, and volume two ofJoseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews. He is also the General Editor of Conradiana.