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Portrait of a Novel
Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
By Gorra, Michael
- ISBN
- 9780871404084
- Publisher
- Liveright: Norton
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Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Arts and Humanities
Every portrait has a subject and a background. In this work, Gorra (English, Smith Coll.; After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie) not only provides the expected creation story behind Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady but also scrutinizes James's life, the state of the novel in the late 19th century, and literary history as it influenced and was influenced by Portrait. This novel was a turning...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
