Henry James
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James published this work of collected literary criticism in 1914, with the individual pieces drawn from the preceding two decades. James discusses Robert Louis Stevenson, Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, and others. It is on these essays, as well as the introductions to his own collected works, that James's reputation as one of the most acute literary critics of his era rests.
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James' plays The Album and The Reprobate were never produced, so he published them in book form in 1895 as the second volume of his Theatricals (1894-5). The Album, which turns on the inheritance of a country house outside London, includes an heir, a long-missing potential rival, and three women of varying desires and ambitions. In The Reprobate, a stranger from Paris appears at a Hampton Court villa, and her appearance upsets the household and the...
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Henry James was an illuminating and masterly literary critic. In this book, James examines the work of Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, and Charles Baudelaire, among others. His in-depth knowledge of the French language and the country's authors makes for a stunning first book of criticism.
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Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland,...
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"The virtue of The Daily Henry James is how rousingly it distills the exhortation that echoes across James's work: Seize the day!"-The Wall Street Journal
First published with novelist Henry James's approval in 1911 as the ultimate token of fandom-a limited edition quote-of-the-day collection titled The Henry James Year Book-this new edition remains a timeless delight for modern readers. Drawing on the Master's novels, essays, reviews, plays, criticism,...
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Henry James no se parecía a ningún escritor americano o inglés, su libros difícilmente se insertarlo en una tradición literaria conocida. Fue necesario que después de su muerte pasaran treinta años para que se produjera su reconocimiento. Hacia el centenario de su nacimiento, 1943, la aceptación de que se trataba de un clásico y de un innovador excepcional era ya casi unánime.
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This engrossing volume of literary criticism from Henry James, one of the world's foremost critics, looks at the work of the Goncourt brothers, James Russell Lowell, Henrik Ibsen, Robert Browning, and Gustave Flaubert, among others. It also includes a piece of travel writing about London.
9) On Provence
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Meander through Provence in the company of Henry James with this vivid collection of travel writing taken from his little-known book A Little Tour in FranceIn 1882, a year after the publication of his wildly successful The Portrait of a Lady, which dealt with the difficulties faced by American expatriate Daisy Miller in Europe, Henry James set out a six-week tour of southeastern France, taking in Tours, Bourges, Nantes, Toulouse, and Arles. Although...
10) Novelistas
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James, autor de títulos clásicos como Otra vuelta de tuerca o Las bostonianas, fue un autor necesario que vertebró el siglo xix y el xx, tanto en Europa como en América, con sus ficciones, pero también con sus lúcidos y penetrantes ensayos. En este volumen, publicado originalmente en 1914, se reúnen aquellos textos críticos y divulgativos, profundos y rabiosos, que James dedicó durante las dos décadas anteriores a diferentes autores de novela,...
11) Picture and Text
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In this thoughtful collection of essays, published in 1893, James offers his critique on the art of illustration as he pens incisive profiles of several artists. The work is best known for James's influential essay on John Singer Sargent, whose art work James found "astonishing," and for his revealing essay on Honoré Daumier, which did much to elevate Daumier's reputation as a serious artist.
13) Londres
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Reunidos por primera vez en español, Londres recoge los textos que el autor americano dedicó a la capital británica, "el lugar preciso del mundo que con más fuerza comunica la sensación de estar vivo".
Con un estilo inimitable y la precisión de un fino observador, James desliza la mirada sobre múltiples aspectos de la gran ciudad y de sus habitantes. Todo pasa por su lupa, todo tiene cabida en su prosa: desde los efectos del hollín en el...
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Those whose palates are accustomed to the subtle flavours of the wines of the Rhine and Moselle can smack their lips and name the vintage at the first taste. Likewise any one fairly familiar with the work of Mr. James during his forty years of literary activity can, after the reading of a single page taken at random, judge with a remarkable accuracy the date of its composition. Yet the transition has not been abrupt and the styles of writing which...
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The Harvard Fiction Classics represent a specific selection of the greatest novels, novellas and short stories of seven national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian.
Table of Contents:
Vols. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Vol. 3:
A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Vol. 4: Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
Vol. 5 & 6: Vanity Fair by William...