This textual article, I now see, is quintessentially biographical, as all my textual work in the 1970s and 1980s was. This accounts for the ferocious hostility from Fredson Bowers all through that period and from the Thorpe-Pizer-McGann textualists.
Showing posts with label Henry James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry James. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The article I am next-most proud of--on Henry James
This textual article, I now see, is quintessentially biographical, as all my textual work in the 1970s and 1980s was. This accounts for the ferocious hostility from Fredson Bowers all through that period and from the Thorpe-Pizer-McGann textualists.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Deconstructing THE ART OF THE NOVEL and Liberating James's Prefaces
One of the two or three articles I am proudest of, although it has seldom been cited by Jameseans. I so strongly wanted to write it that I took the great risk of breaking away from the Melville biography, knowing that I might not be able to return and complete it. This is a loving tribute to the man I would happily have spent my career working on, had things been different.
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