ENGLISH

The year of Henry James : or, timing is all : the story of a novel : with other essays on the genesis, composition and reception of literary fiction

By James , David , Henry; Lodge

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Books
Year
2014
ISBN
9780099554523, 0099554526
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
521 kB (533401 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
-- 1843-1916 -- Appreciation.;James-- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Hi-- 1935- -- Author.;JamesartisticDavidetc.);Biography as a literary form.HenryLodge

Description

Overview: In 2004, three major novels featuring Henry James as a character were published - one of them went on to win the Booker Prize. It was not David Lodge's "Author Author". In this fascinating new book, a kind of postscript to his novel, Lodge traces the conception, writing and publication of his book, and reveals with extraordinary candour and revealingly comic moments the poignancy and indeed anguish of discovering too late that others were working on the same subject, and the odd feelings of rivalry and jealousy that this engendered. The result is a wonderfully comic work with serious psychological and literary insights which suggests nothing less than a short story by the Great Master, James, himself.

Similar books