Henry James: A Life in Letters
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Henry James: A Life in Letters
By (Author) James Henry
Edited by Philip Horne
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
28th February 2001
25th January 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
813.4
Physical Properties
Paperback
704
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
Description
Philip Horne draws on a wide range of archival holdings to produce a fresh and up-to-date selection of James's correspondence, a third of which is previously unpublished. Horne attempts to present James's literary career through his letters and to illuminate - through the use of unpublished material - James's complex relations to feminism and women's writing. Horne presents edited texts and provides explanatory and textual annotation for each letter.
Author Bio
Henry James, author of such classics of fiction as A PORTRAIT OF A LADY and THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, remains one of America's greatest and most influential writers. Born in 1843 in New York, he moved to Britain in 1876 and became a naturalized citizena year before his death in 1916. Philip Horne is a Reader in English at University College London.
