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The American scene
- Title
- The American scene / by Henry James ; edited by Peter Collister.
- Author
- James, Henry, 1843-1916
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Collister, Peter, 1948-
- Description
- XLII, 664 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Henry James left America in 1876 for the sake of his art and for the rich cultural heritage of Europe. His return in the late summer of 1904, based on both romantic and practical motives, allowed him to revisit the now-transformed cities of his youth as well as to experience for the first time the country's southern states. The American Scene is a major work from James' final, most adventurous creative phase and offers a cultural and social critique of contemporary American society as well as a personal series of 'gathered impressions', a form of indirect yet sometimes intimate autobiography. This new edition includes detailed explanatory notes, a general introduction, a chronology, an itinerary of James' journey, a record of textual variants and rare manuscript material, appendices which include the journal James kept, texts for the two lectures he gave, and two additional essays written on his return to England."--
- Subject
- James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Travel > Atlantic States
- James, Henry, 1843-1916
- 1865-1918
- Travelers' writings, American
- Manners and customs
- Travel
- Atlantic States > Description and travel
- United States > Description and travel
- United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918
- United States
- United States > Atlantic States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- New England: An Autumn Impression -- New York Revisited -- New York and the Hudson: A Spring Impression -- New York: Social Notes -- The Bowery and Thereabouts -- The Sense of Newport -- Boston -- Concord and Salem -- Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- Washington -- Richmond -- Charleston -- Florida.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-2246
- ISBN
- 9781108471176
- 110847117X
- LCCN
- 2019039719
- 0048
- 40029538685
- OCLC
- 226918287
- Author
- James, Henry, 1843-1916, author.
- Title
- The American scene / by Henry James ; edited by Peter Collister.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1865-1918
- Added Author
- Collister, Peter, 1948- editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: James, Henry, The American scene Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019. 9781108556699 (DLC) 2019039720
- Other Standard Identifier
- 004840029538685
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-2246