[Vwoolf] Conrad

Jeremy Hawthorn jeremy.hawthorn at ntnu.no
Sat Dec 15 09:58:40 EST 2018


The sentence following the one quoted from Conrad may strike fear into 
the hearts of lecturers in English: "It is a very amusing and 
egotistical occupation of no use whatever to any one and just as likely 
as not to lead to false conclusions."

Jeremy H



On 15.12.2018 13:21, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:
> “it was necessary to write the book [/MD/] first and to invent a 
> theory afterwards” (1928; /E/4 550)
> Cf.
> “One does one's work first and theorizes about it afterwards.”
> Conrad, “Notes on My Books”
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