A Companion to Henry James by Greg W. Zacharias (English) Paperback Book

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Written by some of the best-known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides the most up-to-date scholarship on his writings available today. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies.

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Written by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collection of essays provides the most up-to-date scholarship on James's writings available today. Provides an essential, up-to-date reference to the work and scholarship of Henry JamesFeatures the writing of a wide range of James scholarsPlaces James's writings within national contexts—American, English, French, and ItalianOffers both an overview of contemporary James scholarship and a cutting edge resource for studying important individual topics

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Written by some of the best known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides recent scholarship on James's writings. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies. Taken separately, each one offers a concise, contemporary reference to the most extensively studied writings and critiques in the field. This text is organized into two sections. The first part of the volume presents James's most frequently read fiction and non-fiction. Chapters in the second section outline current approaches to the reading and teaching of James's writings. Additionally, special attention is given to understanding James in national contexts - American, English, French, and Italian - and to understanding his work in terms of the cultures which informed his life and writing.

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Written by some of the best known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides recent scholarship on James's writings. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies. Taken separately, each one offers a concise, contemporary reference to the most extensively studied writings and critiques in the field. This text is organized into two sections. The first part of the volume presents James's most frequently read fiction and non-fiction. Chapters in the second section outline current approaches to the reading and teaching of James's writings. Additionally, special attention is given to understanding James in national contexts - American, English, French, and Italian - and to understanding his work in terms of the cultures which informed his life and writing.

Author Biography

Greg W. Zacharias is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University, USA. He is co-general editor with Pierre A. Walker of The Complete Letters of Henry James (2006–) and Executive Director of the Henry James Society.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1Greg W. Zacharias Chronology of Henry James's Life and Work 4Jennifer Eimers Part I Fiction and Non-Fiction 15 1 Bad Years in the Matrimonial Market: James's Shorter Fiction, 1865–1878 17Clair Hughes 2 What Daisy Knew: Reading Against Type in Daisy Miller: A Study 32Sarah Wadsworth 3 Growing Up Absurd: The Search for Self in Henry James's The American 51Wendy Graham 4 Vital Illusions in The Portrait of a Lady 70Peter Rawlings 5 The Bostonians and the Crisis of Vocation 88Sarah Daugherty 6 "The Abysses of Silence" in The Turn of the Screw 100Kimberly C. Reed 7 On Maisie's Knowing Her Own Mind 121Robert B. Pippin 8 "What woman was ever safe?" Dangerous Constructions of Womanhood in The Ambassadors 139Anna Despotopoulou 9 Unwrapping the Ghost: The Design Behind Henry James'sThe Wings of the Dove 156Evelyne Ender 10 Truth, Knowledge, and Magic in The Golden Bowl 176Sigi Jöttkandt 11 Henry James and the (Un)Canny American Scene 193Gert Buelens 12 Revisitings and Revisions in the New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James 208Philip Horne 13 What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Love: Henry James's Last Words 231Michael Anesko 14 Henry James, Cultural Critic 249Pierre A. Walker 15 Timeliness and Henry James's Letters 261Greg W. Zacharias Part II Contexts for Reading Henry James 275 16 A Brief Biography of Henry James 277Jennifer Eimers 17 Jamesian Matter 292Bill Brown 18 Henry James and the Sexuality of Literature: Before and Beyond Queer Theory 309Natasha Hurley 19 Exuberance and the Spaces of Inept Instruction: Robert Baden-Powell'sScouting for Boys and Henry James's The Art of the Novel 324Denis Flannery 20 Nothing Personal: Women Characters, Gender Ideology, and Literary Representation 343Donatella Izzo 21 The Others: Henry James's Family 360Linda Simon 22 Beyond the Rim: Camp Henry James 374Jonathan Warren 23 Henry James and the United States 390John Carlos Rowe 24 Henry James and Britain 400Nicola Bradbury 25 Henry James in France 416Julie Wolkenstein 26 Henry James and Italy 434Rosella Mamoli Zorzi 27 Henry James in the Public Sphere 456Richard Salmon 28 James and Film 472Susan M. Griffin Index 490

Review

?Lovers of Henry James will be thrilled with this collection, which, as Zacharias notes in his introduction, aims to ?represent the diversity and richness of James studies today.?? (Choice Reviews, June 2009)"This book, though, amply repays reading as a whole and in order, an achievement for a volume comprising twenty-eight separate essays. The whole hangs together and enriches each of the parts, leaving its reader enriched and encouraged to return to the essays to review (or revise, an important Jamesian term) facets of essays now highlighted by others." (English Studies, 2011)"A Companion to Henry James is highly recommended for all libraries collecting on Anglo-American literature and culture." (Reference Reviews, 2009)

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Written by some of the best known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides recent scholarship on James's writings. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies. Taken separately, each one offers a concise, contemporary reference to the most extensively studied writings and critiques in the field. This text is organized into two sections. The first part of the volume presents James's most frequently read fiction and non-fiction. Chapters in the second section outline current approaches to the reading and teaching of James's writings. Additionally, special attention is given to understanding James in national contexts - American, English, French, and Italian - and to understanding his work in terms of the cultures which informed his life and writing.

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?Lovers of Henry James will be thrilled with this collection, which, as Zacharias notes in his introduction, aims to ?represent the diversity and    richness of James studies today.?? (Choice Reviews, June 2009) "This book, though, amply repays reading as a whole and in order, an achievement for a volume comprising twenty-eight separate essays. The whole hangs together and enriches each of the parts, leaving its reader enriched and encouraged to return to the essays to review (or revise, an important Jamesian term) facets of essays now highlighted by others." (English Studies, 2011) "A Companion to Henry James is highly recommended for all libraries collecting on Anglo-American literature and culture." (Reference Reviews, 2009)

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Provides an essential, up-to-date reference to the work and scholarship of Henry James Features the writing of a wide range of James scholars Places James?s writings within national contexts?American, English, French, and Italian Offers both an overview of contemporary James scholarship and a cutting edge resource for studying important individual topics

Details ISBN111849234X Series Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture ISBN-10 111849234X ISBN-13 9781118492345 Format Paperback Edited by Greg W. Zacharias DEWEY 813.4 Year 2014 Media Book Short Title COMPANION TO HENRY JAMES Language English Publication Date 2014-02-14 Edition 1st Series Number 55 UK Release Date 2014-02-14 AU Release Date 2014-02-10 NZ Release Date 2014-02-10 Author Greg W. Zacharias Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Hoboken Alternative 9781405140423 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2014-02-14 Pages 528 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this

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