Ian A Watt

The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding

Conrad: Nostromo

Joseph Conrad: Nostromo

British Novel: Scott Through Hardy

The Literal Imagination: Selected Essays

The Literal Imagination: Selected Essays

Mitos Del Individualismo Moderno: Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe

The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy

Ian Watt

Ian Watt (March 9, 1917 December 13, 1999) was a literary critic, literary historian and professor of English at Stanford University. His Rise of the Novel:...

Myths of Modern Individualism: Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe (Canto original series)

In Myths of Modern Individualism, the renowned critic Ian Watt treats Don Juan, Don Quixote, Faust, and Robinson Crusoe as "individualists," pursuing their own views of what they should be. The original Counter Reformation myths saw the individualism of Don Juan, Don Quixote, and Faust as a problem ...

Conrad in the Nineteenth Century

Nothing short of a masterpiece. . . . One of the great critical works produced since the 1950s.”New York Times

Jane Austen: A Collection of Critical Essays (20th Century Views)

Conrad: Nostromo (Landmarks of World Literature)

Conrad's great novel is a rich study not only of a typical South American country, but of the politics of any underdeveloped country, and for this reason it is permanently topical. Ian Watt addresses Conrad's concerns when writing the work, and provides an accessible introduction, taking account of ...

The Principles and Practice of Electron Microscopy

This completely revised new edition contains expanded coverage of existing topics and much new material. The author presents the subject of electron microscopy in a readable way, open both to those inexperienced in the technique, and also to practicing electron microscopists. He describes currently ...

Essays on Conrad

Ian Watt (1917-1999) has long been acknowledged as one of the finest of postwar literary critics, and among the most learned of those writing about the work of Joseph Conrad. Essays on Conrad is a collection of Watt's most characteristic essays on Conrad's work. Watt's own philosophy, as well as his...

The Literal Imagination: Selected Essays

This volume brings together previously uncollected essays by Ian Watt, one of the major literary critics of the later 20th century, famed equally for his work on Joseph Conrad and for his pioneering investigation into the genesis of English prose fiction. In addition to the author's reassessment of ...

The Rise Of The Novel: Studies In Defoe, Richardson And Fielding

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preservin...