Henry James: Novels 1901-1902 (LOA #162)
The Sacred Fount / The Wings of the Dove
$66.06
- Hardcover
713 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2006
Summary
This Library of America volume brings togetherone of Henry James’s most unusual experiments andone of his most beloved masterpiecesWriting to his friend William Dean Howells, Henry James characterized his experimental novel,The Sacred Fount, as the only one of his novels to be told in the first person, as “a fine flight into the high fantastic.” While traveling to the country house of Newmarch for a weekend party, the nameless narrator becomes obsessed with the idea that a person may become y…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781931082884 |
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| ISBN-10: | 193108288X |
| Author: | Henry James, Leo Bersani |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 713 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 626g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 130mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Library of America Complete Novels of Henry James |
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About The Author
Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916), born in New York City, was the son of noted religious philosopher Henry James, Sr., and brother of eminent psychologist and philosopher William James. He spent his early life in America and studied in Geneva, London and Paris during his adolescence to gain the worldly experience so prized by his father. He lived in Newport, went briefly to Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began to contribute both criticism and tales to magazines. He went on to publish beloved novels such asDaisy Miller (1878),Washington Square (1880), The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Princess Casamassima (1886), andThe Turn of the Screw (1898), in addition to three large novels of the new century, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904).Leo Bersani, volume editor, is professor emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. His works includeMarcel Proust- The Fictions of Lifeand ofArt; A Future for Astyanax- Character and Desire in Literature; The Culture of Redemption; andHomos.
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