Author: Henry James
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Author: Norman Thomas Di Giovanni
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826476258
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Jorge Luis Borges wrote: "Fame is a form of incomprehension, perhaps the worst." Since his death Borges has been inducted into the world literary canon through the efforts of a number of influential critics and the Borges estate. Central to this project has been the publication of a group of grand volumes whose greatest achievement has been to make available in English works that had previously remained obscure, even in Spanish. The five-year collaboration (1967-1972) between Borges and Norman Thomas di Giovanni produced the translations that brought Borges his burgeoning global English readership. The Lesson of the Master--a memoir and essays--is an indispensable work for Borges readers and his growing legion of students and scholars. Di Giovanni was the only translator to have Borges on hand on a daily basis to contradict or authorize his work. In addition di Giovanni is not burdened with an over-reverence for his subject but is on the contrary playful, robust, and witty. The Lesson of the Master is an essential illumination of one of the great masters of twentieth-century literature.

Author: Henry James
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014192196X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James’s writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’, is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader’s undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are ‘The Author of Beltraffio’, an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and ‘The Private Life’, a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.

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Languages : en
Pages : 928

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Author: Frederick Converse Beach
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 988

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Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Author: Los Angeles Public Library
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: Public Library of Brookline
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Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1178

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