Commentary on the work of Polish-born English writer Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) in 16 essays presented to an international conference in Lublin, Poland, September 1991. Among the topics are discursive deception and the quest for meaning in Almayers's Folly , adapting Dark Country to film, and Conrad and the formation of legends. No index. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.