A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO HENRY JAMES

Rowe, John Carlos & Haralson, Eric

ISBN 10: 0195121341 / ISBN 13: 9780195121346

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

Oxford University Press, 2012, First Edition, 8vo, 271 pages. Softcover edition in near fine condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # GD011196okBC8S1

Synopsis:

The New York City-born Henry James (1843-1916)-eminent novelist, amateur psychologist, inveterate bachelor-epitomizes, to many, the turn-of-the-century literary observer of social mores. His shrewd portraits of upper-class Anglo American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries distilled the differences between the Old World and the New, the rise of American entrepreneurship, and an aesthetically charged European sensibility. With fictional works like Washington Square, The Turn of the Screw, and The Portrait of a Lady, he displayed characters of great psychological depth, careful narrative detail, and distinctly vivid prose. With a brief biography, concise bibliographical essay, and six essays devoted to cultural context that defined him, A Historical Guide to Henry James offers an excellent primer to the author's fiction and the cultural milieu that influenced him.

About the Author: John Carlos Rowe is USC Associates' Professor of the Humanities and Chair of the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Eric Haralson is Associate Professor of English at Stonybrook University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO HENRY JAMES
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.