Author: Evelyn A. Hovanec
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062039029
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Henry James and Germany
Author: Evelyn A. Hovanec
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062039029
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789062039029
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Henry James and Germany
Author: Evelyn Ann Hovanec
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : nl
Pages : 149
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : nl
Pages : 149
Book Description
Images of Post-unification Germany in Henry James ́ Travel Sketches: "Homburg Reformed" and "Darmstadt"
Author: Michaela Tomberger
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3638744884
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: Good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/American Studies), course: The Image of German Speaking Countries in American Texts from 1860 to 1930, 28 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The first chapter of this paper presents a survey of Henry James' biography. Special emphasis is given to his experiences in Germany. The reader has to take into consideration that especially his early experiences in relation with Germany shaped his attitude and influenced his image of the country throughout his life. The second chapter gives a brief overview of the historical events that lead to the German unification and the political situation of Germany shortly after the unification, the time, when Henry James visited the country. The presentation of the historical background will help the reader to understand the allusions made in Henry James' travel sketches Homburg Reformed and Darmstadt. The third chapter presents the American opinion of the unification and establishes a connection between Henry James' view and the public opinion, as Henry James' opinion in that matter generally corresponded to the public opinion in America. The fourth chapter explains the background of the two travel sketches followed by a detailed analysis of the texts. The analysis focuses on Henry James' image of Germany and his allusions on the unification. Statements of his letters and his autobiography and comparisons to contemporary travel literature constituted further points of reference for the analysis.
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3638744884
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: Good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/American Studies), course: The Image of German Speaking Countries in American Texts from 1860 to 1930, 28 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The first chapter of this paper presents a survey of Henry James' biography. Special emphasis is given to his experiences in Germany. The reader has to take into consideration that especially his early experiences in relation with Germany shaped his attitude and influenced his image of the country throughout his life. The second chapter gives a brief overview of the historical events that lead to the German unification and the political situation of Germany shortly after the unification, the time, when Henry James visited the country. The presentation of the historical background will help the reader to understand the allusions made in Henry James' travel sketches Homburg Reformed and Darmstadt. The third chapter presents the American opinion of the unification and establishes a connection between Henry James' view and the public opinion, as Henry James' opinion in that matter generally corresponded to the public opinion in America. The fourth chapter explains the background of the two travel sketches followed by a detailed analysis of the texts. The analysis focuses on Henry James' image of Germany and his allusions on the unification. Statements of his letters and his autobiography and comparisons to contemporary travel literature constituted further points of reference for the analysis.
Roderick Hudson
Author: Henry James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Roderick Hudson is a phenomenon among sculptors; carving life out of solid stone and moulding the wills of people no less easily. Moving to Rome with his patron and friend, he finds that Europe tests him in ways he had not anticipated, both as an artist and as a man.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Roderick Hudson is a phenomenon among sculptors; carving life out of solid stone and moulding the wills of people no less easily. Moving to Rome with his patron and friend, he finds that Europe tests him in ways he had not anticipated, both as an artist and as a man.
Henry James on Culture
Author: Henry James
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803225893
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This text presents a collection of 18 articles by Henry James on the social and political issues of his day. They focus on questions of gender and manners, religion and metaphysics, as well as grouping together all of his works on World War I.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803225893
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This text presents a collection of 18 articles by Henry James on the social and political issues of his day. They focus on questions of gender and manners, religion and metaphysics, as well as grouping together all of his works on World War I.
Tied to the Great Packing Machine
Author: Wilson J. Warren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural industries
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural industries
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years
Author: Henry James
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813930901
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
After a childhood divided between America and Europe, Henry James settled with his family in New England, first in what he regarded as an outpost of Europe, Newport, and later in Cambridge. The family letters (the initial inspiration for this autobiographical enterprise), many of which recount the early career of William James at Harvard and in Germany, also reveal Henry James Sr.’s views on the intellectual, philosophical, and social issues of the time. Henry Jr., aspiring to be "just literary," acknowledges his indebtedness to the widely cultured artist John La Farge, whose friendship he enjoyed during adolescence. The Civil War is recorded through the letters of his younger brother, Wilky, while Henry recalls a Whitmanesque longing for the Union soldiers he met and talked to. The death of a beloved cousin, Mary Temple, who would become the inspiration for some of his greatest fictional heroines, is documented through the passionate, questioning letters she wrote in her final year of life. In The Middle Years James, newly resident in London, gives his impressions of some of the literary "lions" of the time, most notably George Eliot and Tennyson. This first fully annotated critical edition of Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years both offers the reader extensive support in appreciating the demands of James’s late prose and illuminates the context in which one of literature’s most influential figures developed a characteristic voice.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813930901
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
After a childhood divided between America and Europe, Henry James settled with his family in New England, first in what he regarded as an outpost of Europe, Newport, and later in Cambridge. The family letters (the initial inspiration for this autobiographical enterprise), many of which recount the early career of William James at Harvard and in Germany, also reveal Henry James Sr.’s views on the intellectual, philosophical, and social issues of the time. Henry Jr., aspiring to be "just literary," acknowledges his indebtedness to the widely cultured artist John La Farge, whose friendship he enjoyed during adolescence. The Civil War is recorded through the letters of his younger brother, Wilky, while Henry recalls a Whitmanesque longing for the Union soldiers he met and talked to. The death of a beloved cousin, Mary Temple, who would become the inspiration for some of his greatest fictional heroines, is documented through the passionate, questioning letters she wrote in her final year of life. In The Middle Years James, newly resident in London, gives his impressions of some of the literary "lions" of the time, most notably George Eliot and Tennyson. This first fully annotated critical edition of Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years both offers the reader extensive support in appreciating the demands of James’s late prose and illuminates the context in which one of literature’s most influential figures developed a characteristic voice.
Henry James in Context
Author: David McWhirter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514614
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
The fullest single volume work of reference on James's life and his interactions with the world around him.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514614
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
The fullest single volume work of reference on James's life and his interactions with the world around him.
Dear Munificent Friends
Author: Henry James
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472110100
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Previously unpublished letters that shed light on the personal side of Henry James, and on the times in which he lived and wrote
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472110100
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Previously unpublished letters that shed light on the personal side of Henry James, and on the times in which he lived and wrote
The Europeans
Author: Henry James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Eugenia, an expatriated American, is the morganatic wife of a German prince, who is about to reject her in favor of a state marriage. With her artist brother Felix Young she travels to Boston to visit relatives she has never before seen, in hopes of making a wealthy marriage. The men of Bostonsoon realize her deceitfulness, and she returns to Europe, feeling that her fortune-hunting scheme is impractical in unsusceptible America. Its wit, gaiety, and what Rebecca West calls its "clear sunlit charm" have made this masterly short novel the most popular of James's novels.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Eugenia, an expatriated American, is the morganatic wife of a German prince, who is about to reject her in favor of a state marriage. With her artist brother Felix Young she travels to Boston to visit relatives she has never before seen, in hopes of making a wealthy marriage. The men of Bostonsoon realize her deceitfulness, and she returns to Europe, feeling that her fortune-hunting scheme is impractical in unsusceptible America. Its wit, gaiety, and what Rebecca West calls its "clear sunlit charm" have made this masterly short novel the most popular of James's novels.