This study focuses on Henry James's final years, exploring how his work developed and how his ideas changed in response to events in the 20th century. It is Tintner's final volume of five works on Henry James, and it uncovers many of the modernist themes that preoccupied the novelist.
This study focuses on Henry James's final years, exploring how his work developed and how his ideas changed in response to events in the 20th century....
Tintner provides a detailed analysis of the complex interplay between Wharton and Jameshow they influenced each other and how some of their writings operate as homages or personal jokes. So deeply was James in Wharton s confidence, Tintner argues, that he provided her with source models for a number of her characters. In addition, Wharton found in his fiction structures for her own, especially forThe Age of Innocence. Tintner also brings her considerable knowledge of art history to bear in her study of art allusions in Wharton s work. Wharton s response both to the Italian...
Tintner provides a detailed analysis of the complex interplay between Wharton and Jameshow they influenced each other and how some of their writin...
