Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece

This biography of the author of Portrait of a Lady describes the author's family, the European literary circles he moved within, and the psychological forces at work when he created one of the most well-known and memorable female protagonists in literature

Michael Gorra is the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English at Smith College, where he has taught since 1985. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Guggenheim Foundation and, for his work as a reviewer, of the Balakian Award from the National Book Critics Circle. His books include The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War; Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of on American Masterpiece, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography; The Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany; After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie; The English Novel at Mid-Century; and, as editor, The Portable Conrad and the Norton Critical Editions of The Sound and the Fury and The Portrait of a Lady.