2006, ISBN: 193108288X

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Feb 2006], Neuware - This Library of America volume brings togetherone of Henry James s most unusual experiments andone of his most beloved … More...

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Feb 2006], Neuware - This Library of America volume brings togetherone of Henry James s most unusual experiments andone of his most beloved masterpiecesWriting to his friend William Dean Howells, Henry James characterized his experimental novel,The Sacred Fount, as the only one of his novels to be told in the first person, as a fine flight into the high fantastic. While traveling to the country house of Newmarch for a weekend party, the nameless narrator becomes obsessed with the idea that a person may become younger or cleverer by tapping the sacred fount of another person. Convinced that Grace Brissenden has become younger by drawing upon her husband, Guy, the narrator seeks to discover the source of the newfound wit of Gilbert Long, previously a fine piece of human furniture. His perplexing and ambiguous quest, and the varying reactions it provokes from the other guests, calls into question the imaginative inquiry central to James s art of the novel.James described the essential idea ofThe Wings of the Doveas a young person conscious of a great capacity for life, but early stricken and doomed, condemned to die under short respite, while also enamoured of the world. The heroine, a wealthy young American heiress, Milly Theale (inspired by James s beloved cousin Minny Temple), is slowly drawn into a trap set for her by the English adventuress Kate Croy and her lover, the journalist Morton Densher. The unexpected outcome of their mercenary scheme provides the resolution to a tragic story of love and betrayal, innocence and experience that has long been acknowledged as one of James s supreme achievements as a novelist. This volume prints the New York Edition text ofThe Wings of the Dove, and includes the illuminating preface James wrote for that edition.LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries., Books<

2006, ISBN: 9781931082884

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: The Library of America], This Library of America volume brings together The Sacred Fount (1901), one of Henry James's most unusual experiments, and The Wings of the D… More...

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: The Library of America], This Library of America volume brings together The Sacred Fount (1901), one of Henry James's most unusual experiments, and The Wings of the Dove (1902), one of his most beloved masterpieces and the novel that inaugurated the majestic and intricate "late phase" of his literary career.Writing to his friend William Dean Howells, James characterized The Sacred Fount, the only one of his novels to be told in the first person, as "a fine flight into the high fantastic." While traveling to the country house of Newmarch for a weekend party, the nameless narrator becomes obsessed with the idea that a person may become younger or cleverer by tapping the "sacred fount" of another person. Convinced that Grace Brissenden has become younger by drawing upon her husband, Guy, the narrator seeks to discover the source of the newfound wit of Gilbert Long, previously "a fine piece of human furniture." His perplexing and ambiguous quest, and the varying reactions it provokes from the other guests,..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 713, [GW: 617g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2006, ISBN: 193108288X

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Library of America], FICTION - GENERAL 1900S 20TH CENTURY LIBRARY OF AMERICA CLASSIC BOOKS NOVELS AMERICAN LITERATURE THE WINGS DOVE HENRY J… More...

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Library of America], FICTION - GENERAL 1900S 20TH CENTURY LIBRARY OF AMERICA CLASSIC BOOKS NOVELS AMERICAN LITERATURE THE WINGS DOVE HENRY JAMES SHORT STORIES LITERARY CLASSICS, Henry James (1843-1916), born in New York City, was the son of noted religious philosopher Henry James, Sr., and brother of eminent psychologist and philosopher William James. He spent his early life in America and studied in Geneva, London and Paris., Books<

2006, ISBN: 193108288X

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America], FICTION - GENERAL 1900S 20TH CENTURY LIBRARY OF AMERICA CLASSIC BOOKS NOVELS AMERICAN LITERATURE THE WINGS DOVE HENRY JAMES SHORT … More...

[EAN: 9781931082884], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America], FICTION - GENERAL 1900S 20TH CENTURY LIBRARY OF AMERICA CLASSIC BOOKS NOVELS AMERICAN LITERATURE THE WINGS DOVE HENRY JAMES SHORT STORIES LITERARY CLASSICS, Henry James (1843-1916), born in New York City, was the son of noted religious philosopher Henry James, Sr., and brother of eminent psychologist and philosopher William James. He spent his early life in America and studied in Geneva, London and Paris., Books<