Research Catalog

Title

Tales of Henry James : the texts of the tales, the author on his craft, criticism / selected and edited by Christof Wegelin and Henry B. Wonham.

Author

James, Henry, 1843-1916

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wegelin, Christof, 1911-
• Wonham, Henry B., 1960-

Description

x, 524 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Presents the text and critical analysis of nine short stories of author Henry James representing the major achievements of his career as a fiction writer.

Series Statement

A Norton critical edition

Uniform Title

• Short stories. Selections
• Norton critical edition

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subjects

• 1800-1899
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Short story
• Fiction > Authorship
• Americans > Europe > Fiction
• Europe > Social life and customs > Fiction
• James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation
• United States > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-524).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- The texts of the tales -- Daisy Miller: a study -- The Aspern papers -- The pupil -- Brooksmith -- The real thing -- The middle years -- In the cage -- The beast in the jungle -- The jolly corner -- The author on his craft -- Editors' commentary -- The art of fiction / Henry James -- From his notebooks / Henry James -- [On the origin of "Brooksmith"] -- [On the origin of "The Aspern papers"] -- [On the origin of "The real thing"] -- [On the origin of "The middle years"] -- [On the origin of "The beast in the jungle"] -- [Regarding "The jolly corner" in retrospect] -- From his prefaces / Henry James -- [On "Daisy Miller"] -- [On "The Aspern papers"] -- [On "The pupil] -- [On "Brooksmith" and "The real thing"] -- [On "The middle years''] -- [On "In the cage"] -- [On "The beast in the Jungle"] -- [On "The jolly corner"] -- Criticism -- James and the art of short fiction / Richard A. Hocks -- "Daisy Miller" / Millicent Bell -- "The Aspern papers" / William Veeder -- "The pupil" / Michael Moon -- The master and the 'queer affair' of "The pupil" / Philip Horne -- Revision and "The middle years" / Julie Rivkin -- The madness of art : Henry James's "The middle years" / Joyce Carol Oates -- Gender, sexuality, and work in "In the cage" / John Carlos Rowe -- The beast in the closet / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "The jolly corner" / Kenneth W. Warren.

ISBN

0393977102 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002026310

OCLC

• 50065125
• SCSB-11101916

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library