New Essays on 'The Portrait of a Lady'

A collection of essays on Henry James's most appealing and accessible novel.

List of contents

Series editor's preface; A note on the text; 1. Introduction: The Portrait of a Lady and 'felt life' Joel Porte; 2. The Portrait of a Lady and modern narrative Donatella Izzo; 3. The fatherless heroine and the filial son: deep background for The Portrait of a Lady Alfred Habegger; 4. The portrait of a lack William Veeder; 5. Frail vessels and vast designs: a psychoanalytic portrait of Isabel Archer Beth Sharon Ash; Selected bibliography.

Summary

The Portrait of a Lady is arguably Henry James's most appealing and accessible novel. The introduction to this volume of specially written essays, first published in 1990, situates the novel in its cultural and historical context and discusses the important revisions which James later made to the text.

Product details

• Assisted by: Emory Elliot (Editor), Joel Porte (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2014
• EAN: 9780521345088
• ISBN: 978-0-521-34508-8
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Lse Monographs in Internationa
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies