Letters, Fictions, Lives
Henry James and William Dean Howells
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:30th Oct '97
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This volume attempts to determine the early influence shared between William Dean Howells and Henry James by reconstructing and evaluating documentary evidence of their literary cross-fertilization. Of the 151 letters included in this volume -- most of the extant correspondence between the two men -- only half have been printed elsewhere. All items previously unpublished are letters by James. The selection represents each writer's most significant criticism of the other, providing a valuable tool for historically informed comprehension and appreciation of both men's work.
a book that will simply be indispensable for scholars of American literature ... Anesko organizes his plot with great flair: there are births, marriages and deaths in abundance, some insanity, scheming publishers, failures and successes galore. * Peter Rawlings, American Studies, 33:2 1999 *
The complex and shifting economic and literary co-ordinates of the 151 letters that comprise Michael Anesko's magnificent edition of the Howells-James correspondence make fascinating reading ... Anesko traces with impeccable scholarship (background essays, published materials by one on the other, annotations and textual notes) an unusual but enduring epistolary relationship. * Dombnall Mitchell, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, ?? journal *
ISBN: 9780195061192
Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 38mm
Weight: 930g
512 pages