Henry James: the Young Master
by Novick, Sheldon M
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0394586557
- ISBN 13
- 9780394586557
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This hardcover is in very good Condition. Pages are clean & crisp. Cover looks great. Dust jacket does have minor sticker residue on lower right corner of back; Otherwise, is in good condition.
It was more than forty years ago that Leon Edel began to publish what at the time - and for decades later - was accepted as the definitive portrait of Henry James. In the five-volume work, however, James emerged as a somewhat bloodless man of little passion and no courage. But now Sheldon Novick, with his Henry James: The Young Master, has succeeded in bringing James fully to life by showing us a man with boldness of spirit and a profound capacity for affection. We share James's childhood in New York in the mid-nineteenth century, suffer with him through illnesses, sexual encounters, early loves; journey with him to London, Paris, and Rome as he tries to find both professional success and personal fulfillment. And as the world opens to him as an internationally famous writer, we share the experience of writing a series of celebrated novels, culminating with Washington Square (on which the play The Heiress is based) and the masterpiece The Portrait of a Lady.
This hardcover is in very good Condition. Pages are clean & crisp. Cover looks great. Dust jacket does have minor sticker residue on lower right corner of back; Otherwise, is in good condition.
It was more than forty years ago that Leon Edel began to publish what at the time - and for decades later - was accepted as the definitive portrait of Henry James. In the five-volume work, however, James emerged as a somewhat bloodless man of little passion and no courage. But now Sheldon Novick, with his Henry James: The Young Master, has succeeded in bringing James fully to life by showing us a man with boldness of spirit and a profound capacity for affection. We share James's childhood in New York in the mid-nineteenth century, suffer with him through illnesses, sexual encounters, early loves; journey with him to London, Paris, and Rome as he tries to find both professional success and personal fulfillment. And as the world opens to him as an internationally famous writer, we share the experience of writing a series of celebrated novels, culminating with Washington Square (on which the play The Heiress is based) and the masterpiece The Portrait of a Lady.
Synopsis
Sheldon M. Novick is the author of Henry James: The Mature Master, Henry James: The Young Master and Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes , and is the editor of The Collected Works of Justice Holmes . He is Adjunct Professor of Law and History at Vermont Law School, and lives in Norwich, Vermont.
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- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
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- Title
- Henry James: the Young Master
- Author
- Novick, Sheldon M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394586557
- ISBN 13
- 9780394586557
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996-10-08
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