Henry James: Selected Literary Criticism de Morris Shapira

Henry James: Selected Literary Criticism

Morris Shapira

F. R. Leavis

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 apr 1981

This 1981 book is a reissue of a selection of Henry James' literary criticism by Heinemann Educational Books in 1963. Few artists of any kind have applied to their work the degree of critical intelligence that James devoted to his, and the perfectionist care that he devoted to the practise of his own craft made him a great critic of the art of fiction in general. The essays included in this volume cover the entire span of James' career, from the essay on Whitman (1965) to The New Novel (1914). Of particular interest are the essays dealing with the great fiction writers of the nineteenth century: Dickens, George Eliot, Maupassant, Flaubert, Balzac and Zola. The book also includes by way of a preface F. R. Leavis' essay on James as a critic, in which Leavis analyses what he sees as the strengths of James' work in this field.

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Cuprins

1. Mr Walt Whitman, 1865; 2. Our Mutual Friend, 1865; 3. The Belton Estate, 1866; 4. Taine's English Literature, 1876; 5. Swinburne's Essays, 1875; 6. Charles Baudelaire, 1876; 7. Daniel Deronda: A Conversation, 1876; 8. The Art of Fiction, 1884; 9. Emerson, 1887; 10. Guy de Maupassant, 1888; 11. The Journal of the Brothers de Goncourt, 1888; 12. Criticism, 1891; 13. Gustave Flaubert, 1893; 14. George Sand, 1897; 15. London Notes (The Diamond Jubilee), 1897; 16. London Notes (The Classical Spirit), 1897; 17. The Future of the Novel, 1899; 18. Honoré de Balzac, 1902; 19. Gustave Flaubert, 1893; 20. Emile Zola, 1903; 21. Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1904; 22. The Tempest, 1907; 23. The New Novel, 1914; Index.

Notă biografică

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was an American-born British writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. He is best known for a number of novels showing Americans encountering Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from a character's point of view allowed him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. His imaginative use of point of view, interior monologue and unreliable narrators brought a new depth to narrative fiction.