The Grasping Imagination
The American Writings of Henry James
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Theory, Books & Reading
| Author: | Peter Martinus Buitenhuis | ISBN: | 9781442651067 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division | Publication: | December 15, 1970 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Martinus Buitenhuis |
| ISBN: | 9781442651067 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |
| Publication: | December 15, 1970 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
There has been almost no study of the American writings of Henry James, that is, the fiction, essays, and travel literature with an American setting. The great bulk of Jamesian criticism deals with the international novels, particularly his late works.
This study places James’s career in a new perspective by discussing its American aspect. It gives the critic an opportunity to come to grips with the evolution of James’s technique from his second short story to his penultimate, unfinished novel, The Ivory Tower.
There has been almost no study of the American writings of Henry James, that is, the fiction, essays, and travel literature with an American setting. The great bulk of Jamesian criticism deals with the international novels, particularly his late works.
This study places James’s career in a new perspective by discussing its American aspect. It gives the critic an opportunity to come to grips with the evolution of James’s technique from his second short story to his penultimate, unfinished novel, The Ivory Tower.
