Outcry

Henry James's last completed novel, The Outcry (1911), was originally conceived as a play, then adapted into novel form by James with great success. This first authoritative edition provides extensive annotations, a detailed textual history of the work, and a full introduction exploring the novel's literary, cultural and historical contexts.

List of contents

General editors' preface; General chronology of James' life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and production; Bibliography; The Outcry; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Emendations; Appendices.

Summary

Henry James's last completed novel, The Outcry (1911), was originally conceived as a play, then adapted into novel form by James with great success. This first authoritative edition provides extensive annotations, a detailed textual history of the work, and a full introduction exploring the novel's literary, cultural and historical contexts.

Foreword

The first authoritative edition of Henry James's last completed novel, The Outcry (1911).

Product details

• Authors: Henry James
• Assisted by: Jean Chothia (Editor), Chothia Jean (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009655620
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0965562-0
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form