The Notebooks Of Henry James
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
An essential document in the study of literary craft, The Notebooks of Henry James presents the private working journals of one of the English language's most celebrated novelists, edited with scholarly care by F.O. Matthiessen and Kenneth B. Murdock. These notebooks chronicle James's creative process across decades, capturing the seeds of his greatest novels and stories — from The Turn of the Screw to The Wings of the Dove — as raw ideas, observations, and plot sketches. Written in James's characteristically introspective and precise voice, the entries illuminate the disciplined imagination behind his art, revealing how he transformed fragments of overheard conversation and social observation into richly layered fiction. A treasure for students of literature and admirers of James alike, this volume stands as an unparalleled record of a master writer thinking aloud on the page.
Author: Henry James
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
An essential document in the study of literary craft, The Notebooks of Henry James presents the private working journals of one of the English language's most celebrated novelists, edited with scholarly care by F.O. Matthiessen and Kenneth B. Murdock. These notebooks chronicle James's creative process across decades, capturing the seeds of his greatest novels and stories — from The Turn of the Screw to The Wings of the Dove — as raw ideas, observations, and plot sketches. Written in James's characteristically introspective and precise voice, the entries illuminate the disciplined imagination behind his art, revealing how he transformed fragments of overheard conversation and social observation into richly layered fiction. A treasure for students of literature and admirers of James alike, this volume stands as an unparalleled record of a master writer thinking aloud on the page.