The life of Henry James : a critical biography /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.,
2023.
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| Series: | Blackwell critical biographies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Prelude : James and biography
- 'Wondering and dawdling and gaping' in New York City (1843-1855)
- Europe and Newport : in search of a 'sensuous education' (1855-1861)
- Civil War and 'a consecration to letters' (1861-1869)
- Italy and the 'complex fate' of being an American (1869-1872)
- Return to Italy and 'an incalculable number of gathered impressions' (1872-1873)
- Rome and Paris : Roderick Hudson : an experiment in journalism (1873-1876)
- 'The wheel of London life' and early novels (1876-1879)
- Friendships begin and end : the achievement of The Portrait of a Lady (1879-1881)
- Family deaths : new friendships in Europe (1881-1884)
- A range of novels : Robert Louis Stevenson and Constance Fenimore Woolson (1885-1887)
- 'The sawdust & orange-peel phase' begins : The Tragic Muse (1887-1891)
- Deaths and losses : theatrical ventures (1891-1895)
- Return to 'the sacred fluid of fiction' (1895-1899)
- A Roman encounter : 'letting yourself go' (1899-1902)
- 'Dearly beloved' young men : the final novels (1902-1904)
- The 'agreeable and absorbing adventure' of America : the New York Edition and last stories (1904-1909)
- Loss of William, 'so shining a presence' : autobiographical writing : the Great War and death (1909-1916).