New Essays on The American (The American Novel) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521314496 ISBN 13: 9780521314497

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

The American (1877) was written the very year Henry James committed himself to making his way as an author outside of America. It thus formed part of the brief that James had to draw up both for and against his countrymen. This collection of original essays casts new light on this and other major aspects of the novel: the French literary influences on James as he gravitated between the genres of the romantic and the realistic novel; the many-layered French political scene that he incorporated into the novel; the complex gender roles of his characters; and the pervasive effect of capitalism upon them.

About this title

Book Description:

French literary and political influences are stressed in critical analysis of the work written the same year that Henry James committed himself to becoming an international author.

From the Back Cover:

The American Novel series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the greatest works of American fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0521314496
• ISBN 13: 9780521314497
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182
• Editor: Banta Martha