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Portrait of a novel : Henry James and the making of an American masterpiece /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gorra, Michael Edward
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Pub. Corporation, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Portrait of a lady.
American fiction > European influences.
Table of Contents:
  • The girl in the doorway
  • A native of no country
  • A superstitious valuation
  • Along the Thames
  • Her empty chair
  • Proposals
  • An unmarried man
  • A London life
  • The envelope of circumstances
  • Bellosguardo hours
  • Mr. Osmond
  • Stranieri
  • An uncertain terrain
  • A Venetian interlude
  • Fenimore
  • Maupassant and the monkey
  • The magazines
  • The Roccanera
  • The art of fiction
  • The altar of the dead
  • "I was perfectly free"
  • Working in the dark
  • The second chance
  • Endgame.