Monopolizing the Master : Henry James and the politics of modern literary scholarship / Michael Anesko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anesko, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--Biography--History and criticism.

Authors, American.

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

James, Henry.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation--History--20th century.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Archives.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henry James defied posterity to disturb his bones: he was adamant that his legacy be based exclusively on his publications and that his private life and writings remain forever private. Despite this, almost immediately after his death in 1916 an intense struggle began among his family and his literary disciples to control his posthumous reputation, a struggle that was continued by later generations of critics and biographers. Monopolizing the Master gives a blow-by-blow account of this conflict, which aroused intense feelings of jealousy, suspicion, and proprietorship among those w

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Cornering the Market; 2. Custodial Conflicts; 3. Modernist Ventriloquism; 4. The James Revival; 5. The Legend of the Bastard; Afterword; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782647

0804782644

OCLC:

763161447