Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent

When an anarchist attempted to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, an idea exploded in the mind of Joseph Conrad. This program re-creates the world of The Secret Agent, the first great novel of political intrigue, in all its suspense and sinister irony. In addition, author and critic V. S. Pritchett and Keith Carabine, of Kent University (England), explore Conrad’s concern that the very fabric of society was being jeopardized by the growing violence and moral corruption—a concern as timely today as it was then. (61 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10030
Copyright date: ©1987
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-1270-1
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-7796-0

Part of the Series : Ten Great Writers of the Modern World


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