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The Art of the Novel: Critical Prefaces

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Availability:In StockContributor:Henry JamesPublish date:2011-06-15Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226392059ISBN-10:226392058UPC:9780226392059Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.48 x 5.67 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCC7R2SRR4

This collection of prefaces, originally written for the 1909 multi-volume New York Edition of Henry James's fiction, first appeared in book form in 1934 with an introduction by poet and critic R. P. Blackmur. In his prefaces, James tackles the great problems of fiction writing-character, plot, point of view, inspiration-and explains how he came to write novels such as The Portrait of a Lady and The American. As Blackmur puts it, "criticism has never been more ambitious, nor more useful."

The latest edition of this influential work includes a foreword by bestselling author Colm T?ib?n, whose critically acclaimed novel The Master is told from the point of view of Henry James. As a guide not only to James's inspiration and execution, but also to his frustrations and triumphs, this volume will be valuable both to students of James's fiction and to aspiring writers.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226392059ISBN-10:226392058UPC:9780226392059Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AmericanSize:8.48 x 5.67 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCC7R2SRR4
Henry James (1843-1916) is among the most widely read and taught writers of nineteenth-century literary realism. Among his best known works of fiction are The Portrait of a Lady, Washington Square, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors, The Aspern Papers, and The Turn of the Screw.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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