The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872-1876, Volume 2

Recipient of the "Approved Edition" seal from the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions

The Complete Letters of Henry James fills a crucial gap in modern literary studies by presenting in a scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters reflecting on a remarkably wide range of topics--from James's own life and literary projects to broader questions about art, literature, and criticism--this edition is an indispensable resource for students of James and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism as well as for research libraries throughout North America and Europe and for scholars of James, the European novel, and modern literature. This volume is the second of three to include James's letters from 1872 to 1876.

Author: Henry James
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780803222977

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 05/01/2009 pg. 21
Chronicle of Higher Education 11/20/2009 pg. 21
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 50
Choice 07/01/2010

About the Author
Henry James (1843-1916) wrote short stories, plays, literary criticism, and travel essays and is most famous for his many novels, which include The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl. American born, he spent considerable time in England and eventually became a British subject. When he died, he left behind more than ten thousand letters. Pierre A. Walker is a professor of English at Salem State College. He is the editor of Henry James on Culture: Collected Essays on Politics and the American Social Scene, available in a Bison Books edition, and the author of Reading Henry James in French Cultural Contexts. Greg W. Zacharias is a professor of English and the founder and director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is the author of Henry James and the Morality of Fiction, editor of A Companion to Henry James, and coeditor of Tracing Henry James.