The complete letters of Henry James, 1876-1878. Volume 1 / Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Martha Banta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Henry, 1843-1916, author.

Contributor:

Zacharias, Greg W., 1958- editor.

Walker, Pierre A., editor.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Correspondence--University of Nebraska Press.

James, Henry.

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

Authors, American.

Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This critical and scholarly edition presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters and addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, this edition is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of James, of the European novel and modern literature, and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism. Written between December 1876 and December 1877, the letters in this volume trace James's departure from Paris and his arrival and domestication in London, where he would live at least part of each year for most of the rest of his life. In London, James quickly becomes immersed in the social and literary life of the city and of the nation. He is invited as an honorary guest to the Athenaeum Club; dines with Lord Houghton, William Gladstone, Alfred Tennyson, Heinrich Schliemann, and "half a dozen other men of 'high culture'"; and continues his friendship with Turgenev, who lives in Paris. In addition to his regular production of critical and travel essays, he completes The American, contracts with Macmillan to publish French Poets and Novelists, revises Watch and Ward for book publication, and travels to France and Italy.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Settling Down, Moving Up, by Martha Banta""; ""Symbols and Abbreviations""; ""Chronology""; ""Errata""; ""1876""; ""December 13 To Alice James""; ""December 13 To Thomas Sergeant Perry""; ""December 17 To H. O. Houghton and Company""; ""December 18 To William Dean Howells""; ""December 21 To Whitelaw Reid""; ""[December 24] To Mary Walsh James""; ""December 26 To Elizabeth Boott""; ""1877""; ""January 1 To James Ripley Osgood""; ""January 6 To Katharine Hillard""

""January 6 To Mary Clarke Mohl""""January 12 To William James""; ""January 12 To Thomas Sergeant Perry""; ""January 13 To Henry Adams""; ""January 17 To H. O. Houghton and Company""; ""January 31 To Mary Walsh James""; ""February 2 To William Dean Howells""; ""February 2 To William James""; ""February 2 To Whitelaw Reid""; ""February 7 To H. O. Houghton and Company""; ""February 8 To James Ripley Osgood""; ""February 9 To William James""; ""February 11 To Elizabeth Boott""; ""February 13 To James Ripley Osgood""; ""February 13 To Henry James Sr.""

""February 17 To Frederick Locker- Lampson""""February 28 To William James""; ""February 28 To Thomas Sergeant Perry""; ""March 2 To Alice James""; ""March 7 To James Ripley Osgood""; ""March 22 To Mary Walsh James""; ""March 27 To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley""; ""March 29 To William James""; ""March 30 To William Dean Howells""; ""April 8 To Alice James""; ""April 18 To Thomas Sergeant Perry""; ""April 19 To William James""; ""April 23 To William Henry Huntington""; ""May 4 To Mary Walsh James""; ""May 5 To Henry Adams""; ""May 11 To Theodore E. Child""

""May 20, 22 To Henry James Sr. and Alice James""""May 22 To Grace Norton""; ""May 26 To Elizabeth Boott""; ""May 26 To William Conant Church""; ""May 31 To Henry Adams""; ""June 5 To Henry Adams""; ""June 7 To Grace Norton""; ""June 9, 11 To Henry James Sr.""; ""[June 12] To Katharine Hillard""; ""[June 14] To Katharine Hillard""; ""June 23 To James Ripley Osgood""; ""June 25 To Thomas Sergeant Perry""; ""June 28 To William James""; ""June 30 To Francis Pharcellus Church orWilliam Conant Church""; ""July 7 To Richard Watson Gilder""; ""July 10 To William James""

""July 14 To Frederick Locker- Lampson""""July 15 To Henry Adams""; ""July 25 To Theodore E. Child""; ""August 5 To Elizabeth Boott""; ""August 6 To Mary Walsh James""; ""August 7 To Macmillan and Company""; ""August 9 To Grace Norton""; ""August 22 To Elizabeth Boott""; ""August 26 To Mary Walsh James""; ""August 27 To Francis Pharcellus Church orWilliam Conant Church""; ""August 27 To Frederick Macmillan""; ""September 4 To Francis Pharcellus Church orWilliam Conant Church""; ""September 4 To Mary Walsh James""; ""[September 4] To Alice James""; ""September 7 To Elizabeth Boott""

""September 8 To James Ripley Osgood""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 10, 2015).

ISBN:

9780803284128

0803284128