UID:
almafu_9960119081702883
Format:
1 online resource (cxxiv, 566 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781108299886
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1108299881
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9780511757440
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0511757441
Series Statement:
The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James Series ; Number 32
Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Content:
The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of a major writer whose work continues to be read, quoted, adapted and studied. The Jolly Corner and Other Tales, 1903-1910 includes the final ten stories James wrote. Many involve satirical critiques of an increasingly narcissistic, acquisitive society - from 'The Papers', with its attack on celebrity culture, to 'The Birthplace', offering a sardonic view of the Shakespeare industry, and 'A Round of Visits', which conducts a horrified tour through selfishness and swindling in early twentieth-century New York. The title story itself was in James's own view 'a miraculous masterpiece in the line of the fantastic-gruesome, the supernatural-thrilling ... the best thing of this sort I've ever done'. With its extensive textual history and wide-ranging notes, this volume will interest not only James scholars, but all students of early twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Apr 2021).
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General chronology of James's life and writings -- Introduction -- Textual introduction -- Chronology of composition and production -- Bibliography -- The jolly corner and other tales -- The birthplace -- The papers -- Fordham Castle -- Julia Bride -- The jolly corner -- The velvet glove -- Mora montravers -- Crapy Cornelia -- The bench of desolation -- A round of visits -- Glossary of foreign words and phrases -- Notes -- Textual variants -- Emendations -- Appendix -- A: entries in James's notebooks -- B: extracts from prefaces to the New York edition.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107002753
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107002753
Language:
English
