The life of Henry James : a critical biography /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collister, Peter, 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2023.
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).