Princess Casamassima

The novel is essential reading for scholars, critics and general readers interested in the political and social crisis of late-Victorian Britain, the means by which writers of the time represented it, and the ways in which subsequent readers have interpreted it in relation to their own times.

Sommario

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; General editors' preface; General chronology of James's life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology of composition and production; Bibliography; The Princess Casamassima; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants; Emendations; Appendix: preface to the New York Edition.

Riassunto

The novel is essential reading for scholars, critics and general readers interested in the political and social crisis of late-Victorian Britain, the means by which writers of the time represented it, and the ways in which subsequent readers have interpreted it in relation to their own times.

Prefazione

The first scholarly edition of this major nineteenth-century novel, exploring anarchist activity, cultural crisis, and their causes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henry James
• Con la collaborazione di: Adrian Poole (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009662239
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0966223-9
• Pagine: 963
• Serie: The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary reference works, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form