Format:
XCII, 301 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781107002708
Series Statement:
The Cambridge edition of the complete fiction of Henry James / general editors: Michael Anesko (Pennsylvania State University), Tamara L. Follini (University of Cambridge), Philip Horne (University College London), Adrian Poole (University of Cambridge) 10
Content:
Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; General editors' preface; General chronology of James' life and writings; Introduction; Textual introduction; Chronology; Bibliography; The Reverberator; Glossary of foreign words and phrases; Notes; Textual variants 1; Textual variants 2; List of emendations; Appendix A. Sources from the world [New York]; Appendix B. Extract from James' notebooks; Appendix C. Preface to New York edition
Content:
"Often overlooked by modern critics, The Reverberator was a departure from Henry James' immediately preceding novels, The Bostonians and The Princess Casamassima, returning to the popular 'international theme' of his earlier fiction. Its comedy of manners explores the conflicting values of American and Europeanized characters in the context of topical cultural concerns. Most notably, in its satire on popular journalism and an emerging mass-media through the scandal sheet 'The Reverberator', the novel dramatizes what James presciently saw as the 'devouring publicity' of modern life. This edition, based on the most reliable of the work's first book appearances (Macmillan, 1888), provides a thorough account of the novel's sources and composition, literary and historical contexts, and extensive revision for the New York Edition (1908), as well as extensive annotation. It will be of interest to James scholars, students of nineteenth-century Anglo-American literature and culture, and historians of journalism and new media"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite LXXXV-XCII
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Reissue of a title first serialized in Britain in Macmillan's Magazines, 1888, then published as a complete volume in the same year by Macmillan and Co., London and New York
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
James, Henry 1843-1916
DOI:
10.1017/9780511756597
Author information:
James, Henry 1843-1916
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