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Zusatztext "His fictions... what drives them is a force as mysteriously elusive as art! known as money. It's this interaction between artistic (or moral) beauty and the brutal workings of power which make James so magnificent an artist." - Terry Eagleton! Guardian "The critical faculty hesitates before the magnitude of Mr Henry James work. His books stand on my shelves in a place whose accessibility proclaims the habit of frequent communion." - Joseph Conrad! Henry James: An Appreciation "James is one of the most satisfying of all letter-writers because of thte endlessly surprising plasticity with which he handles the language of even his most trifling communications... and may our correspondence be as lovingly edited and presented as it is here by Dottoressa Rosella Mamoli Zorzi of Venice University." - Jonathan Keates! Spectator Informationen zum Autor Henry James (1843-1916) is one of the most prominent figures of American and British Literature. A prolific novelist, essayist and literary critic, James was much concerned with questions of identity, belonging, creativity and consciousness. He is perhaps most famous for his novels The Bostonians and The Portrait of a Lady , and for his ghost story The Turn of the Screw . Klappentext Surrounded by artists, and musicians who constituted her court in Boston as in Venice, Isabella Stewart Gardner was a passionate art collector. Henry James and Palazzo Barbaro had a real affection for her. This title presents letters that add another dimension to what we know of Henry James' relationship with Venice and the Palazzo Barbaro.James's letters to the popular and unconventional philanthropist Zusammenfassung Surrounded by artists! and musicians who constituted her court in Boston as in Venice! Isabella Stewart Gardner was a passionate art collector. Henry James and Palazzo Barbaro had a real affection for her. This title presents letters that add another dimension to what we know of Henry James' relationship with Venice and the Palazzo Barbaro. ...
