The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama: Volume 2, Drama - Hardcover

James, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 110714017X ISBN 13: 9781107140172

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Henry James is a highly readable commentator on the theatre and performance practices of his time. Readers of this complete collection of his nonfictional writing on drama will gain fresh insights not only into British, American and French theatre and drama, but also into James's fiction and critical thinking.

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Reseña del editor:

Henry James's experience of drama began in the New York theatres of his 1850s childhood; in Europe he became familiar with the London theatre and the Théâtre-Français in Paris. He went on to experiment continuously with the 'scenic art' in his fiction, and to write plays himself. This complete collection of James's essays and reviews on drama discusses a range of theatre, including productions of Shakespeare, Tennyson, 'well-made' French plays and early performances of Ibsen. In addition, he characterises some of the great performers of the day, including Irving, Terry, Kemble, Ristori, Coquelin and Salvini. Readers will find James's texts as they first appeared, with a wealth of editorial support, which evokes the colourful world of late Victorian theatre. Many of the items included have not previously been available in a scholarly edition. The editorial apparatus includes a general introduction, a chronology, a textual variants section, and a biographical guide to actors.

Biografía del autor:

Peter Collister is the author of Writing the Self: Henry James and America (2007), and the editor of Henry James's A Small Boy and Others (2011) and Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years (2011). He has published a wide range of essays on nineteenth-century English writers and Anglo-French literary links in refereed British, European and American journals.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 110714017X
• ISBN 13: 9781107140172
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 632
• Herausgeber: Collister Peter