The Wings of the Dove: A Norton Critical Edition

The "Textual Appendix" includes notes on the novel's textual history and lists all substantive revisions that James made to the novel, both in 1902 and in1909. "The Author and the Novel," introduced by editorial commentary and new to the Second Edition, includes selections from James's notebooks, letters, travel books, and autobiographical writings, which illuminate his conception and assessment of The Wings of the Dove. "Criticism" reflects the lively interpretive and theoretical writing that The Wings of the Dove has enjoyed since the previous edition was published in 1978. Eleven essays are included, seven of them new to the Second Edition, including Anthony J. Mazzella's piece on film adaptation. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.


About the Author
Crowley, J. Donald: - J. Donald Crowley was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri. He was historical editor of The Centenary Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales and Sketches and editor of Hawthorne: The Critical Heritage and of the Oxford World Classics Robinson Crusoe.Hocks, Richard A.: - Richard A. Hocks is Professor Emeritus of English and Catherine Paine Middlebush Chair of Humanities at the University of Missouri. He is the author of Henry James and Pragmatistic Thought, Henry James: A Study of the Short Fiction, and The Ambassadors: Consciousness, Culture, Poetry. A National Book Award nominee, he served as President of the Henry James Society during the novelist's sesquicentennial year.