书目

Henry James：Autobiographies:A Small Boy and Others / Notes of a Son and Brother / The Middle Years / Other Writings

内容简介

ThemostextensivecollectionofHenryJames'sautobiographicalwritingseverpublishedoffersarevelatoryself-portraitfromoneofAmerica'ssupremenovelistsandhisfamousfamily.In1911,deeplyaffectedbythedeathofhisbrotherWilliamtheyearbefore,HenryJamesbeganworkingonabookabouthisearlylife.AswascustomaryforJamesinhislateryears,hedictatedhisrecollectionstohissecretaryTheodoraBosanquet,whorecalledhow“astraightdiveintothepastbroughttothesurfacetreasureaftertreasure.”ASmallBoyandOthers(1913)andthetwoautobiographicalbooksthatfollowed—NotesofaSonandBrother(1914)andtheincomplete,posthumouslypublishedTheMiddleYears—standwithhislaternovelsasoneoftheenduringtriumphsofhisfinalyears.NotonlydidJamescreateoneofthesingularself-portraitsinAmericanliterature,healsofashionedarichlydetailedaccountofhisrenownedfamily,especiallyhisfather,thesocialphilosopherHenryJamesSr.,hisbrotherWilliam,andhisdearcousinMinnyTemple,inspirationfortheheroinesoftwoofhisgreatestnovels,ThePortraitofaLadyandTheWingsoftheDove.Roundingoutthevolumeisaselectionofeightotherpersonalreminiscencesand,asanappendix,hissecretary’sinsightfulandaffectionatememoir,“HenryJamesatWork.”

作者简介

HenryJames(1843-1916),borninNewYorkCity,wasthesonofnotedreligiousphilosopherHenryJames,Sr.,andbrotherofeminentpsychologistandphilosopherWilliamJames.HespenthisearlylifeinAmericaandstudiedinGeneva,LondonandParisduringhisadolescencetogaintheworldlyexperiencesoprizedbyhisfather.HelivedinNewport,wentbrieflytoHarvardLawSchool,andin1864begantocontributebothcriticismandtalestomagazines.In1869,andthenin1872-74,hepaidvisitstoEuropeandbeganhisfirstnovel,RoderickHudson.Latein1875hesettledinParis,wherehemetTurgenev,Flaubert,andZola,andwroteTheAmerican(1877).InDecember1876hemovedtoLondon,wheretwoyearslaterheachievedinternationalfamewithDaisyMiller.OtherfamousworksincludeWashingtonSquare(1880),ThePortraitofaLady(1881),ThePrincessCasamassima(1886),TheAspernPapers(1888),TheTurnoftheScrew(1898),andthreelargenovelsofthenewcentury,TheWingsoftheDove(1902),TheAmbassadors(1903)andTheGoldenBowl(1904).In1905herevisitedtheUnitedStatesandwroteTheAmericanScene(1907).Duringhiscareerhealsowrotemanyworksofcriticismandtravel.Althougholdandailing,hethrewhimselfintowarworkin1914,andin1915,afewmonthsbeforehisdeath,hebecameaBritishsubject.In1916KingGeorgeVconferredtheOrderofMeritonhim.HediedinLondoninFebruary1916.

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Library of America

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