An unprecedented collection of the literary criticism of Henry James (in two volumes, Vol. 1: Essays, American and English Writers; and Vol. 2: European Writers and Prefaces to the New York Edition). More than one-third never before collected in book form.
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Should help to establish James not only as our greatest novelist but also our most comprehensive and original critic. -- Leo , Atlantic Monthly
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Henry James (1843-1916), the son of the religious philosopher Henry James Sr. and brother of the psychologist and philosopher William James, published many important novels including Daisy Miller, The Wings of the Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Ambassadors.
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This review is from: Henry James: Literary Criticism French Writers; Other European Writers; The Prefaces to the New York Edition (Hardcover)
This is the most comprehensive collection of James' literary criticism ever assembled in one volume. It also contains the masterpiece 'New York Prefaces' to his novels.
James is one of the supreme artists in formulating an appreciation and understanding of what his art is all about. He sets the tone in fact for the literary critics who will come to interpret his work,(Leavis, Dupee, Edel et al.) a tone of civilized mastery and perceptive intelligence. A diligent cultured informed tone capable of the most refined critical distinctions, and yet with narrative power even in works of criticism. James also is of course a master critic of the art of others, and this volume contains many examples of this, in his writing of Flaubert , Turgenev, Poe, Maupassant just to name a few.
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This review is from: Henry James: Literary Criticism French Writers; Other European Writers; The Prefaces to the New York Edition (Hardcover)
Of particular interest in this volume are James' reviews of Balzac and Turgenev, and the prefaces he wrote for the New York Edition of his own work.
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George Sand, Madame Sand, New York, Alphonse Daudet, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Madame de Sabran, Alfred de Musset, Théophile Gautier, Emile Zola, Madame Bovary, Paul de Musset, Edmond de Goncourt, George Eliot, Charles de Bernard, Numa Roumestan, The Ambassadors, Alexandre Dumas, Madame Bovarv, Octave Feuillet, The Golden Bowl, Atlantic Monthly, Herr Lindau, Prosper Mérimée, Madame Karénine New!
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WE HAVE BEFORE US three volumes which we have read with extraordinary pleasure. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Sand, Madame Sand, New York, Alphonse Daudet, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo, Madame de Sabran, Alfred de Musset, Théophile Gautier, Emile Zola, Madame Bovary, Paul de Musset, Edmond de Goncourt, George Eliot, Charles de Bernard, Numa Roumestan, The Ambassadors, Alexandre Dumas, Madame Bovarv, Octave Feuillet, The Golden Bowl, Atlantic Monthly, Herr Lindau, Prosper Mérimée, Madame Karénine New!
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- History of English Literature by Taine on 7 pages
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James on 4 pages
- Les Fleurs du Mal (French Edition) by Charles Baudelaire on 4 pages
- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot on 4 pages
- La Tentation de Saint Antoine (Classiques Garnier) by Gustave Flaubert on 4 pages
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