Henry James : the mature master / Sheldon M. Novick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novick, Sheldon M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

James, Henry.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 616 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2007]

Summary:

Sheldon M. Novick portrays Henry James as a man of great emotional depth--powerful, confident, generous, and above all, courageous. This landmark life follows the author's exceptional biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of which Edmund Morris said in The New York Times, " masterly . . . perfected to the point of art." of photos.

Contents:

Prologue: Henry James at Home, 1904 xvii

Book I A Bachelor in the Capital of the World, 1881-1890

1 London in Winter 3

2 The Past Intrudes 15

3 Head of His Family 28

4 The Continual Renewal of Daily Life 52

5 Bournemouth and Broadway 72

6 The Princess Casamassima 86

7 Interval in Italy 101

8 Eminent Victorians 111

9 A Private Season 124

10 An End to Novel Writing 134

Book II A Second Debut, 1891-1896

11 Collaboration 147

12 The Landscape Is Altered by Death 173

13 Renewed Experiments 190

14 Closing the Chapter 217

15 The Lesson of the Theater 229

Book III Artist of Experience, 1896-1904

16 Rye 259

17 Lamb House 282

18 Century's End 306

19 The Major Phase 328

20 Return of the Native 360

21 Americanism 385

22 Work and Life as a Whole 401

Book IV A Mild Glory, 1905-1916

23 Some Farewells 419

24 Celebrity 433

25 Evening Solitude 463

26 Within the Rim 491

Epilogue: Henry James in Memory 523.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-591) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780679450238