Joseph Conrad: An Innovator in British Literature Joseph Conrad's innovative literature is influenced by his travel experiences in foreign countries around the world. Conrad's literature consists of the various styles of techniques he uses to show his work well recognized as British literature. “His prose style, which ranges from eloquently sensual to stark and astringent, keeps the reader in constant contact with a mature, creative, truth-seeking mind” (Hutchinson 1). Conrad's novels are fundamentally based on having both a psychological and sociological plot within them. This is why Conrad's work carries its own uniqueness from other novels when compared to his. Examples of Conrad's literature include novels such as Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and The Secret Agent. Heart of Darkness is basically based on his experiences, but Conrad also adds fiction in this particular novel (Dintenfass 1). It has been said that Conrad's writing style is described as "...life as we actually live it...[must] be blurred, messy and confusing - and abstract ideas...[of] real experiences can sometimes they produce in us, or at least in that part of us that tries to understand the world in some rational way." Acquiring this from the novel gives the reader a psychological perspective as they receive feedback consciously like a hallucination or ghost (Dintenfass 2). Readers have curiously questioned the purpose of his novels like Heart of Darkness, but the answer is quite simple. “[The] purpose is to have the reader relive [any] experience in some [meaningful] and concrete way, with all its complexity and messiness, all its darkness and ambiguity, intact” (Dintenfass 3). An addition...... half of the paper......n, eds. Literary criticism of the twentieth century. vol. 1 Detroit: Hale Research Co., 1978.Dintenfass, Mark. “Heart of Darkness: A Lawrence University Freshman Studies Class.” March 14, 1996.*http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~csicseri/dintenfass.htm* (February 2, 2000).Draper, James P., ed. Criticism of world literature: from 1500 to today. vol. 2 Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992.Hamblin, Stephen. "Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent." *http://www.ductape.net/~steveh/secretagent/* (February 2, 2000). The Hutchinson Encyclopedia. 1999. February 2, 1999. *http://ukdb.web.aol.com/hutchinson/encyclopedia/72/M0013572.htmMagill, Frank N., ed. 1,300 critical evaluations of selected novels and plays. vol. 2 Englewood Cliffs: Salem Press Inc., 1976. Stein, Rita and Martin Tucker, eds. Modern British literature. vol. 4 New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1975.