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Informationen zum Autor Henry James (1843-1916) wrote short stories, plays, literary criticism, and travel essays and is most famous for his many novels, which include The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl. American born, he spent considerable time in England and eventually became a British subject. When he died, he left behind more than ten thousand letters. Pierre A. Walker is a professor of English at Salem State College. He is the editor of Henry James on Culture: Collected Essays on Politics and the American Social Scene, available in a Bison Books edition, and the author of Reading Henry James in French Cultural Contexts. Greg W. Zacharias is a professor of English and the founder and director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is the author of Henry James and the Morality of Fiction, editor of A Companion to Henry James, and coeditor of Tracing Henry James. Klappentext "The Complete Letters of Henry James" fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a remarkably wide range of topics--from James's own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism--this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism as well as for research libraries throughout North America and Europe and for scholars of James, the European novel, and modern literature. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias have conceived this edition according to the exacting standards of the Committee on Scholarly Editions. This volume is the second of three to include James's letters from 1872 to 1876. Zusammenfassung Fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a remarkably wide range of topics! this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature! culture! and criticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Symbols and Abbreviations Chronology Errata 1873July 15 To Mary Walsh James July 17 To Grace Norton July 23 To Mary Walsh James August 1 To Catharine Walsh August 4 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James August 5 To William James August 10 To Sarah Butler Wister August 14 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James August 15 To Elizabeth Boott September 3 To Alice James September 9 To William Dean Howells September 15 To William James September 22 To Mary Walsh James September 26 To William James October 18 To William Dean Howells October 26 To Henry James Sr. November 2 To Henry James Sr. November 16, 17 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James December 3 To Henry James Sr. December 10 To Elizabeth Boott December 22 To Henry James Sr. 1874January 4 To Samuel Gray Ward January 9 To William Dean Howells January 13 To Alice James January 14 To Grace Norton February 5 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James February 11 To Anna Hallowell February 15 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James February 27 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James February 28 To William James March 1 To Editor of the Independent March 9 To Henry James Sr. and Mary Walsh James March 10 To William Dean Howells March 22 To William James April 4 To Mary Walsh James April 7, 8 To Elizabeth Boott April 18, 19 To Alice James May 3 To William Dean Howells May 3 To William James May 10 To Sarah Butler Wis...
