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Henry Jamesâ (Tm)S New York Edition - The Construction of Authorship

English · Paperback / Softback

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"McWhirter's collection of essays takes on the long-awaited task of situating the 24-volume New York edition and its author within a cultural/historical framework. . . . Easily establishes itself as a must for Jamesians and a valuable read for anyone concerned with narrative theory and/or the history of the novel."--Novel

About the author

David McWhirter is Associate Professor of English at Texas A & M University.

Summary

Toward the end of Henry James's career, Charles Scribner's Sons offered him the opportunity to publish his collected works in a single edition under the overall title The New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James (1907-1909). Rather than simply reprint his fictional oeuvre, James entered into a massive work of self-monumentalization: revising the texts extensively; writing prefaces that have become classic texts on prose aesthetics and the novelist's art; and omitting many works, among them some major novels. The thirty illustrations include all twenty-four frontispiece photographs made, under James's supervision, for the edition.

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"McWhirter's collection of essays takes on the long-awaited task of situating the 24-volume New York edition and its author within a cultural/historical framework. . . . Easily establishes itself as a must for Jamesians and a valuable read for anyone concerned with narrative theory and/or the history of the novel."

Product details

Assisted by McWhirter David (Editor), David McWhirter (Editor), John Carlos Rowe (Foreword)
Publisher Stanford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.12.1998
 
EAN 9780804735186
ISBN 978-0-8047-3518-6
No. of pages 352
Dimensions 153 mm x 228 mm x 24 mm
Weight 553 g
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

Amerika, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

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