{"product_id":"a-companion-to-henry-james-paperback-softback-9781118492345","title":"A Companion to Henry James (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118492345","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Henry James\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lovers of Henry James will be thrilled with this collection, which, as Zacharias notes in his introduction, aims to ‘represent the diversity and    richness of James studies today.’” (\u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book, though, amply repays reading as a whole and in order, an achievement for a volume comprising twenty-eight separate essays. The whole hangs together and enriches each of the parts, leaving its reader enriched and encouraged to return to the essays to review (or revise, an important Jamesian term) facets of essays now highlighted by others.\" (English Studies, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Companion to Henry James is highly recommended for all libraries collecting on Anglo-American literature and culture.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGreg W. Zacharias (Edited by), G Zacharias (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118492345, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.8 x 17.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.798 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collection of essays provides the most up-to-date scholarship on James’s writings available today.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an essential, up-to-date reference to the work and scholarship of Henry James\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the writing of a wide range of James scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces James’s writings within national contexts—American, English, French, and Italian\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers both an overview of contemporary James scholarship and a cutting edge resource for studying important individual topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors x \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg W. Zacharias\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology of Henry James’s Life and Work 4\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Eimers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Fiction and Non-Fiction 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Bad Years in the Matrimonial Market: James’s Shorter Fiction, 1865–1878 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClair Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Daisy Knew: Reading Against Type in Daisy Miller: A Study 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Wadsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Growing Up Absurd: The Search for Self in Henry James’s The American 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWendy Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Vital Illusions in The Portrait of a Lady 70\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Rawlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Bostonians and the Crisis of Vocation 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Daugherty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “The Abysses of Silence” in The Turn of the Screw 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKimberly C. Reed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 On Maisie’s Knowing Her Own Mind 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Pippin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 “What woman was ever safe?” Dangerous Constructions of Womanhood in The Ambassadors 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Despotopoulou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Unwrapping the Ghost: The Design Behind Henry James’s\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove 156\u003cbr\u003e Evelyne Ender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Truth, Knowledge, and Magic in The Golden Bowl 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSigi Jöttkandt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Henry James and the (Un)Canny American Scene 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGert Buelens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Revisitings and Revisions in the New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Horne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Love: Henry James’s Last Words 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Anesko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Henry James, Cultural Critic 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre A. Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Timeliness and Henry James’s Letters 261\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg W. Zacharias\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Contexts for Reading Henry James 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A Brief Biography of Henry James 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Eimers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Jamesian Matter 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBill Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Henry James and the Sexuality of Literature: Before and Beyond Queer Theory 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatasha Hurley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Exuberance and the Spaces of Inept Instruction: Robert Baden-Powell’s\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScouting for Boys and Henry James’s The Art of the Novel 324\u003cbr\u003e Denis Flannery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Nothing Personal: Women Characters, Gender Ideology, and Literary Representation 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDonatella Izzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Others: Henry James’s Family 360\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Simon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Beyond the Rim: Camp Henry James 374\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Henry James and the United States 390\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Carlos Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Henry James and Britain 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicola Bradbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Henry James in France 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Wolkenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Henry James and Italy 434\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosella Mamoli Zorzi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e27 Henry James in the Public Sphere 456\u003cbr\u003e Richard Salmon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 James and Film 472\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan M. 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