Henry James and the Real Thing: A Modern Reader's Guide

By Virginia Llewellyn Smith

Taking its title from James's ambivalent catchphrase, this original study explores fundamental concerns of his fiction. It adopts a modern critical approach, yet is written for the intelligent reader whose interest in James is not necessarily academic. It examines six key novels and a number of short stories, interrelating them to provide not only an integrated picture of the fiction, but some conception of what animates it, and readings that challenge long-established critical assumptions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033361139X
• ISBN13: 9780333611395
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"