| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 492 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Correspondence.
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Correspondence.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916.
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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. (OCoLC)fst00048450
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James, Henry, 1843-1916. (OCoLC)fst00028686
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Critics -- United States -- Correspondence.
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Fiction -- Authorship.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Critics. (OCoLC)fst00883769
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Fiction -- Authorship.
(OCoLC)fst00923713
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Novelists, American. (OCoLC)fst01039688
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Records and correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01423917
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| Added Author |
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
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Anesko, Michael.
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| Added Title |
Correspondence. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Print version: James, Henry, 1843-1916. Correspondence. Selections. Letters, fictions, lives. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0195061195 (DLC) 97011832 (OCoLC)36755782 |
| ISBN |
058536561X (electronic bk.) |
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9780585365619 (electronic bk.) |
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