The Portable Henry James (Penguin Classics)
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
With a mind that took in every nuance of speech, manner, thought and half-thought, Henry James set out to define the restless--and sometimes innocent--American imagination in conflict with the great European tradition. Along the way he discovered the countless hesitancies, betrayals and self-betrayals that make up the true substance of human relationships. This entirely new Portable Henry James provides seven major tales--among them "Daisy Miller," "The Turn of the Screw," "The Beast in the Jungle," and "The Jolly Corner"--as well as travel writing, correspondence, literary criticism, autobiography, passages from longer novels, and a sampling of authorial revisions. Also included are parodies by contemporaries, and tributes by W. H. Auden, Joseph Conrad, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, Ezra Pound, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf.
About the Author
Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York City and entered the law school at Harvard in 1862. He moved to London in 1875 and became a British citizen in 1915. He wrote some twenty novels, many short stories, and a staggering number of letters. John Auchard is professor of English at the University of Maryland, and he edited the Penguin Classics edition of James's Italian Hours.
The Portable Henry James (Penguin Classics),Henry James,John Auchard,Penguin Classics,0142437670,Classics,Fiction,James, Henry, 1843-1916,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,19th century fiction,Fiction / Classics
Books Info:
Recommended Books