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Henry James
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Henry James on Stage and Screen by John R. Bradley (Editor)ISBN: 9780333792148
Publication Date: 2000-09-25
In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and 50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors, culminating in the recent film adaptations of his novels by Merchant-Ivory, Jane Campion and Iain Softley. Henry James on the Stage and Screen traces this historical development.
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Henry James: A Literary Life by Kenneth GrahamISBN: 9780312125042
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
This comprehensive account of the writing life of Henry James aims at providing a critical overview of all his important writings, firmly set in two contexts: that of James's practical career as a novelist in America, England and Europe; and that of the literary and intellectual climate of his time. Kenneth Graham wrote this volume as part of the Literary Lives series.
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Henry James by Harold Bloom (Introduction by)ISBN: 9780877546962
Publication Date: 1987-05-01
This book contains criticism on the fiction of Henry James. Harold Bloom edited this volume as part of the Modern Critical Views series.
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Henry James: A Life by Leon EdelISBN: 9780060154592
Publication Date: 1985-11-01
This biography traces the life of prominent nineteenth century American novelist Henry James, examines his major works, and tries to capture his complex personality. Leon Edel explores James's life chronologically.
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Studies in Henry James by R. P. BlackmurISBN: 9780811208635
Publication Date: 1983-04-17
This collection of essays analyzes the development of the themes and literary techniques of the major novels of Henry James. Blackmur considers such novels as The Sacred Fount, The Golden Bowl, and The Wings of the Dove.
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Henry James: A Study of the Short Fiction by Richard A. HocksISBN: 9780805783285
Publication Date: 1994-06-08
This critical survey and interpretive analysis of James's short fiction considers his development as an artist and his influence on the short story genre. The book includes extended readings of lesser-known tales such as Julia Bride and The Pupil, as well as the better-known stories, Daisy Miller, The Aspern Papers, The Turn of the Screw and The Beast in the Jungle.
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Reading Henry James: A Critical Perspective on Selected Works by George MonteiroISBN: 9781476665856
Publication Date: 2016-04-22
This book examines allusions, sources and affinities in James' vast body of work to interpret his literary intentions. Chapters provide close analysis of Daisy Miller, The American, The Beast in the Jungle and The Wings of the Dove. His fascination with poet Robert Browning is discussed, along with his complicated relationship with Marian "Clover" Adams and her husband, Henry, who was the author of The Education of Henry Adams.
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American Memory in Henry James: Void and Value by William RighterISBN: 9781351959339
Publication Date: 2017-03-02
American Memory in Henry James is about the cultural, historical and moral dislocations at the heart of Henry James' explorations of American identity - between power and love; modernity and history; indeterminate social forms and enduring personal values. The text covers the power, and the limits, of the language of morality and interpretive imagination as James grapples with what America and Europe have in common.
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Transforming Henry James by De Anna Biasio; Anna Despotopoulou; Donatella IzzoISBN: 9781443846141
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
Employing a wide range of interpretive and theoretical approaches, this collection brings together distinguished James scholars from four continents to elicit new and exciting readings of a diverse array of James's fiction and non-fiction. Through their transformative acts, the essays investigate James's life-long engagement with cities, places, and tourist sites.
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Henry James Today by Carlos John RoweISBN: 9781443860253
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Henry James Today is a collection of seven essays focused on the relevance of Henry James's work for an understanding of current problems. This volume includes studies of how James and such contemporaries as Mark Twain and the Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis have influenced each other and modernist and postmodernist writers.
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Monopolizing the Master: Henry James and the Politics of Modern Literary Scholarship by Michael AneskoISBN: 9780804782647
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Monopolizing the Master gives a blow-by-blow account of the struggle to control Henry James's posthumous reputation, which aroused intense feelings of jealousy, suspicion, and proprietorship among those who claimed to be the just custodians of James's literary legacy. With an unprecedented amount of new evidence now available, Michael Anesko reveals the remarkable social, political, and sexual intrigue that inspired--and influenced--the deliberate construction of the Legend of the Master.
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Henry James Goes to the Movies by Susan M. Griffin (Editor)ISBN: 9780813159560
Publication Date: 2014-10-17
Susan Griffin has assembled fifteen of the world's foremost authorities on Henry James to examine both the impact of James on film and the impact of film on James. This collection includes fascinating essays as well as a complete filmography and bibliography of work on James and film.
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