The complete letters of Henry James, 1876-1878

Author(s)

• James, Henry
• Walker, Pierre A.
• Zacharias, Greg W.
• Banta, Martha

Bibliographic Information

The complete letters of Henry James, 1876-1878

Henry James ; edited by Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias ; with an introduction by Martha Banta

University of Nebraska Press, c2012-

• v. 1 : cloth
• v. 2 : cloth

Note

Bibliography: v. 1: p. 279-294. -- v. 2: p. 255-273

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This critical and scholarly edition presents the complete letters of Henry James, one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language. Comprising more than ten thousand letters and addressing a remarkably wide range of topics, this edition is an indispensable resource for students and scholars of James, of the European novel and modern literature, and of American and English literature, culture, and criticism. Written between December 1876 and December 1877, the letters in this volume trace James's departure from Paris and his arrival and domestication in London, where he would live at least part of each year for most of the rest of his life. In London, James quickly becomes immersed in the social and literary life of the city and of the nation. He is invited as an honorary guest to the Athenaeum Club; dines with Lord Houghton, William Gladstone, Alfred Tennyson, Heinrich Schliemann, and "half a dozen other men of 'high culture'"; and continues his friendship with Turgenev, who lives in Paris. In addition to his regular production of critical and travel essays, he completes The American, contracts with Macmillan to publish French Poets and Novelists, revises Watch and Ward for book publication, and travels to France and Italy.

Table of Contents

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction by Martha Banta Symbols and Abbreviations Chronology Errata 1876 13 December To Alice James 13 December To Thomas Sergeant Perry 17 December To H. O. Houghton and Co. 18 December To William Dean Howells 21 December To Whitelaw Reid [24 December] To Mary Walsh James 26 December To Elizabeth Boott 1877 1 January To James Ripley Osgood 6 January To Katharine Hillard 6 January To Mary Clarke Mohl 12 January To William James 12 January To Thomas Sergeant Perry 13 January To Henry Adams 17 January To H. O. Houghton and Co. 31 January To Mary Walsh James 2 February To William Dean Howells 2 February To William James 2 February To Whitelaw Reid 7 February To H. O. Houghton and Co. 8 February To James Ripley Osgood 9 February To William James 11 February To Elizabeth Boott 13 February To James Ripley Osgood 13 February To Henry James Sr. 17 February To Frederick Locker-Lampson 28 February To William James 28 February To Thomas Sergeant Perry 2 March To Alice James 7 March To James Ripley Osgood 22 March To Mary Walsh James 27 March To Henrietta Heathorn Huxley 29 March To William James 30 March To William Dean Howells 8 April To Alice James 18 April To Thomas Sergeant Perry 19 April To William James 23 April To William Henry Huntington 4 May To Mary Walsh James 5 May To Henry Adams 11 May To Theodore E. Child 20, 22 May To Henry James Sr. and Alice James 22 May To Grace Norton 26 May To Elizabeth Boott 26 May To William Conant Church 31 May To Henry Adams 5 June To Henry Adams 7 June To Grace Norton 9, 11 June To Henry James Sr. [12 June] To Katharine Hillard [14 June] To Katharine Hillard 23 June To James Ripley Osgood 25 June To Thomas Sergeant Perry 28 June To William James 30 June To Francis Pharcellus Church or William Conant Church 7 July To Richard Watson Gilder 10 July To William James 14 July To Frederick Locker-Lampson 15 July To Henry Adams 25 July To Theodore E. Child 5 August To Elizabeth Boott 6 August To Mary Walsh James 7 August To Macmillan and Company 9 August To Grace Norton 22 August To Elizabeth Boott 26 August To Mary Walsh James 27 August To Francis Pharcellus Church or William Conant Church 27 August To Frederick Macmillan 4 September To Francis Pharcellus Church or William Conant Church 4 September To Mary Walsh James [4 September] To Alice James 7 September To Elizabeth Boott 8 September To James Ripley Osgood 19 September To Henry James Sr. 28 September To Elizabeth Boott 2 October To Francis Pharcellus Church or William Conant Church 2 October To Mary Walsh James 7 October To James Ripley Osgood 7 October To Henry James Sr. 25 October To Gertrude Bloede 2 November To Alice James 10 November To Henry James Sr. 22 November To Alexander Robertson Walsh 8 [December]
• misdated November To Frederick Macmillan 9 December To Henry James Sr. 12 December To Frederick Macmillan 15 December To Grace Norton 15 December To Thomas Sergeant Perry 17 December To Frederick Macmillan Biographical Register Genealogies General Editors' Note Works Cited Index

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Details

• NCID: BB10626621
• ISBN:
  • 9780803240636
  • 9780803246195
• LCCN: 2011047226
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lincoln
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 26-27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS2123
  • DC23 : 813/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence