1st Edition

Henry James as a Biographer A Self Among Others

By Willie Tolliver Copyright 2000
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This study of Henry James's biographies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Wetmore Story offers an argument that he deserves greater recognition for his contributions to the development of biography, based on his implicit theory of biography, found in his critical commentary and on these two complicated and ultimately artistically innovative performances in the genre. Although James maintained an... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A Talent In The Fact; Chapter 3 Hawthorne's Room; Chapter 4 A Self Among Others The Failure of Unity in James's Story; Chapter 5 Essential Unities The Achievement of Jamesian Biography;

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Willie Tolliver