Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American

Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
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A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel.
Henry James (1843â€“1916) has had many biographers, but Michael Gorra has taken an original approach to this great American progenitor of the modern novel, combining elements of biography, criticism, and travelogue in re-creating the dramatic backstory of Jamesâ€™s masterpiece, Portrait of a Lady (1881). Gorra, an eminent literary critic, shows how this novelâ€•the scandalous story of the expatriate American heiress Isabel Archerâ€•came to be written in the first place. Traveling to Florence, Rome, Paris, and England, Gorra sheds new light on Jamesâ€™s family, the European literary circlesâ€•George Eliot, Flaubert, Turgenevâ€•in which James made his name, and the psychological forces that enabled him to create this most memorable of female protagonists. Appealing to readers of Menandâ€™s The Metaphysical Club and McCulloughâ€™s The Greater Journey, Portrait of a Novel provides a brilliant account of the greatest American novel of expatriate life ever written. It becomes a piercing detective story on its own. 10 illustrations
Country USA
Brand LIVERIGHT
Manufacturer Liveright
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2013-08-05
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780871406705

Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece