419: Of Sea and Sky: The Stories of Joseph Conrad (SP22)

Instructor: Dr. Tracy Lee Simmons
Semester: Spring 2022
Time: Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. EDT
Dates: February 10 - March 10


What happens when adventures upon the high seas, far-flung islands, and among outlying colonies are seasoned with a fine-tuned sensibility and a profound knowledge of the human heart? We find ourselves in the presence of Joseph Conrad, a born Pole and former merchant seaman, whose masterly hand with the English language strikes as all the more impressive when we realize that English was his third language. Together we shall read a stout smattering of short fiction (including one novella) that put Conrad on the map of high literature.