Letters, fictions, lives : Henry James and William Dean Howells / [edited by] Michael Anesko.
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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 492 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 058536561X
- 9780585365619
- 1601297491
- 9781601297495
- 1280524340
- 9781280524349
- 9786610524341
- 6610524343
- Correspondence. Selections
- James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Correspondence
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Correspondence
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- James, Henry, 1843-1916
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Critics -- United States -- Correspondence
- Fiction -- Authorship
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- Authors, American
- Critics
- Fiction -- Authorship
- Novelists, American
- United States
- 1800-1999
- 813/.4 B 21
- PS2123 .A435 1997eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Abbreviations; A Note on Editorial Procedure; PART ONE: ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES; Biographical Overview; Parallel Chronology; A Season in Cambridge; Complex Fates; The Larger Success; Notes; Letters and Documents; PART TWO: FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITIES; Biographical Overview; Parallel Chronology; "Those Badly Assorted Siamese Twins"; The Art of Fiction; Complicity; Notes; Letters and Documents; PART THREE: LEGENDS OF MASTERY; Biographical Overview; Parallel Chronology; The Great Goethe, the Good Schiller; Testamentary Acts; Terminations; Notes; Letters and Documents; Epilogue.
This volume attempts to determine the early influence shared between William Dean Howells and Henry James by reconstructing and evaluating documentary evidence of their literary cross-fertilization. The 151 letters included represent each writer's most significant criticism of the other.
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