Terminations : : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / / Henry James.
Terminations is Henry James's most thematically unified collection of stories. Gathered in 1895, and following his fascination with the supernatural in the 1880s, this elegant collection explores the sadness of loss, both physical and spiritual, and finds James at his introspective best, while...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pine Street Books
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780812291193 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)469695 (OCoLC)979904976 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
James, Henry, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / Henry James. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014] ©2005 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pine Street Books Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Death of The Lion -- The Coxon Fund -- The Middle Years -- The Altar of The Dead restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Terminations is Henry James's most thematically unified collection of stories. Gathered in 1895, and following his fascination with the supernatural in the 1880s, this elegant collection explores the sadness of loss, both physical and spiritual, and finds James at his introspective best, while providing a glimpse of how the author dealt with death in his own life.The collection consists of four stories: "The Death of the Lion," in which the narrator prepares to write an obituary for a great editor he admired; "The Coxon Fund," where an endowment from a will comes unexpectedly to a seemingly undeserving character; "The Middle Years," a brief glimpse at the public reception of a novel and the private sacrifice it exacted from its author; and "The Altar of the Dead," a moving meditation on finding meaning in life that James wrote in response to the death of a close lady friend.Terminations reveals a writer preoccupied with the endings of life, expressing his thoughts in prose that is as finely balanced as the most famous of James's work. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) American fiction. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Cultural Studies. Fiction. Literature. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812218930 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291193 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812291193 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812291193/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
James, Henry, James, Henry, |
spellingShingle |
James, Henry, James, Henry, Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / Pine Street Books Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Death of The Lion -- The Coxon Fund -- The Middle Years -- The Altar of The Dead |
author_facet |
James, Henry, James, Henry, |
author_variant |
h j hj h j hj |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
James, Henry, |
title |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / |
title_sub |
The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / |
title_full |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / Henry James. |
title_fullStr |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / Henry James. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / Henry James. |
title_auth |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Death of The Lion -- The Coxon Fund -- The Middle Years -- The Altar of The Dead |
title_new |
Terminations : |
title_sort |
terminations : the death of the lion, the coxon fund, the middle years, the altar of the dead / |
series |
Pine Street Books |
series2 |
Pine Street Books |
publisher |
University of Pennsylvania Press, |
publishDate |
2014 |
physical |
1 online resource (248 p.) Issued also in print. |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Death of The Lion -- The Coxon Fund -- The Middle Years -- The Altar of The Dead |
isbn |
9780812291193 9783110459548 9780812218930 |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PS - American Literature |
callnumber-label |
PS2116 |
callnumber-sort |
PS 42116 T4 42004EB |
url |
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291193 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812291193 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812291193/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
800 - Literature |
dewey-tens |
810 - American literature in English |
dewey-ones |
813 - American fiction in English |
dewey-full |
813/.4 |
dewey-sort |
3813 14 |
dewey-raw |
813/.4 |
dewey-search |
813/.4 |
doi_str_mv |
10.9783/9780812291193 |
oclc_num |
979904976 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT jameshenry terminationsthedeathofthelionthecoxonfundthemiddleyearsthealtarofthedead |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)469695 (OCoLC)979904976 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Terminations : The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
_version_ |
1806143384740429824 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03712nam a22007215i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780812291193</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220424125308.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220424t20142005pau fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780812291193</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.9783/9780812291193</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)469695</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)979904976</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">pau</subfield><subfield code="c">US-PA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PS2116</subfield><subfield code="b">.T4 2004eb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LIT000000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">813/.4</subfield><subfield code="2">22</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">James, Henry, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Terminations :</subfield><subfield code="b">The Death of the Lion, The Coxon Fund, The Middle Years, The Altar of the Dead /</subfield><subfield code="c">Henry James.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Philadelphia : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Pennsylvania Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2014]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2005</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (248 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Pine Street Books</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Death of The Lion -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Coxon Fund -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Middle Years -- </subfield><subfield code="t">The Altar of The Dead</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Terminations is Henry James's most thematically unified collection of stories. Gathered in 1895, and following his fascination with the supernatural in the 1880s, this elegant collection explores the sadness of loss, both physical and spiritual, and finds James at his introspective best, while providing a glimpse of how the author dealt with death in his own life.The collection consists of four stories: "The Death of the Lion," in which the narrator prepares to write an obituary for a great editor he admired; "The Coxon Fund," where an endowment from a will comes unexpectedly to a seemingly undeserving character; "The Middle Years," a brief glimpse at the public reception of a novel and the private sacrifice it exacted from its author; and "The Altar of the Dead," a moving meditation on finding meaning in life that James wrote in response to the death of a close lady friend.Terminations reveals a writer preoccupied with the endings of life, expressing his thoughts in prose that is as finely balanced as the most famous of James's work.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">American fiction.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">LITERARY CRITICISM / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Cultural Studies.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Fiction.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Literature.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110459548</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780812218930</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291193</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812291193</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812291193/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-045954-8 University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2013</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_LT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_LT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |