Description
“...literary criticism at its most lucid and engaging, as it shows James embarking on his great work and displays Gorra, filled with enthusiasm and insight, as the book’s most ideal and intelligent reader.” Colm Tóibín, Books of the Year 2012, The Guardian
Reviews
"...he [Gorra] has written the kind of patient, sensitive, acute study that gifted teachers should write but rarely do." — London Review of Books
"Michael Gorra...has pulled off an astounding feat...in this impressive study...Gorra goes anywhere that strikes his fancy, and the result is splendid: a book to reread in years to come, a model for what criticism can do when happily married to biography." — Literary Review
Awards
Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2012
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The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War
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The Portrait of a Lady: A Norton Critical Edition
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Henry James’s most famous novel edited by the critically acclaimed author of Portrait of a Novel.
