Henry James Goes to Paris / / Peter Brooks.

Henry James's reputation as The Master is so familiar that it's hard to imagine he was ever someone on whom some things really were lost. This is the story of the year--1875 to 1876--when the young novelist moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of the early moder...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2007
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. To Paris
  • 2. The Dream of an Intenser Experience
  • 3. What a Droll Thing to Represent
  • 4. Flaubert's Nerds
  • 5. The Quickened Notation of Our Modernity
  • 6. The Death of Zola, Sex in the French Novel, and the Improper
  • 7. For the Sake of This End
  • Epilogue: Chariot of Fire
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index