This second volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 18871888 contains 182 letters, of which 120 are published for the first time, written from late December 1887 to November 19, 1888. These letters continue to mark Henry Jamess ongoing efforts to care for his sister, develop his work, strengthen his professional status, build friendships, engage timely political and economic issues, and maximize his income. James details work on The Aspern Papers, The Reverberator, Partial Portraits, and The Tragic Muse. This volume opens with some of Jamess social visits, includes the death of longtime friend Lizzie Boott, and concludes with James on the Continent.
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Dimensions: 159 x 254mm
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2023
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781496237521
About Henry James
Henry James (18431916) was an American author and literary critic. He wrote some two dozen novels including The Portrait of a Lady and The Golden Bowl and left behind more than ten thousand letters.Michael Anesko is a professor of English and American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is a general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James and the author of Henry James Framed: Material Representations of the Master (Nebraska 2022) among others.Greg W. Zacharias is a professor of English and the director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is editor of the Henry James Review and of A Companion to Henry James.Katie Sommer has been associate editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James series since 2007 and has worked on the Henry James letters project since 2001.