Download or read book Joseph Conrad and the Reader written by A. Acheraïou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Conrad and the Reader is the first book fully devoted to Conrad's relation to the reader, visual theory and authorship. This challenging study proposes new approaches to modern literary criticism and deftly examines the limits of deconstructionist theories, introducing groundbreaking new theoretical concepts of reading and reception.