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Henry James and American Painting by Marc Simpson, Declan Kiely and Colm Tóibín (2017, Hardcover)

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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press

ISBN-100271078529

ISBN-139780271078526

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Book TitleHenry James and American Painting

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Religious, Literary, American / General

Publication Year2017

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Art, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMarc Simpson, Declan Kiely, Colm Tóibín

Book SeriesPenn State Series in the History of the Book Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight36.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-005749

Reviews"[Adds] significantly to our knowledge and understanding." -Patrick McCaughey, Times Literary Supplement, "[Adds] significantly to our knowledge and understanding." --Patrick McCaughey, Times Literary Supplement, "[Adds] significantly to our knowledge and understanding." --Patrick McCaughey Times Literary Supplement, "Handsome, well-illustrated . . . this impressive book illuminates James's artistic sensibility and personal connection to turn-of-the-century art and artists." --L. Simon, Choice, "Handsome, well-illustrated . . . this impressive book illuminates James's artistic sensibility and personal connection to turn-of-the-century art and artists." --L. Simon Choice, "Handsome, well-illustrated . . . this impressive book illuminates James's artistic sensibility and personal connection to turn-of-the-century art and artists." -L. Simon, Choice

Series Volume Number29

Table Of ContentContents "Director's Foreword" Colin B. Bailey "Henry James: Shadow and Substance" Colm Tóibín "'I like ambiguities and detest great glares': Henry James and American Paintings" Marc Simpson "'Pardon my too many words':Henry James Manuscripts and Letters at the Morgan Library & Museum" Declan Kiely Notes Checklist of Henry James Manuscriptsand Letters in the Morgan Library & Museum Exhibition Checklist Works Cited in Abbreviated Form Index Acknowledgments

SynopsisDepicting characters like the eponymous young sculptor in Roderick Hudson and spaces like the crowded galleries in The Wings of the Dove , Henry James's iconic novels reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society. In this book, novelist and critic Colm T ib n joins art historian Marc Simpson and Declan Kiely of The Morgan Library & Museum to reveal how essential the language and imagery of the arts--and friendships with artists--were to James's writing. The authors consider the paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture produced by artists in James's circle, assess how his pictorial aesthetic developed, and discuss why he destroyed so many personal documents and what became of those that survived. In examining works by figures such as John La Farge, Hendrik Andersen, and John Singer Sargent alongside selections from James's novels, personal letters, and travel writings, T ib n, Simpson, and Kiely explore the novelist's artistic and social milieu. They show him to be a writer with a painterly eye for colors and textures, shapes and tastes, and for the blending of physical and psychological impressions. In many cases, the characters populating James's fiction are ciphers for his artist friends, whose demeanors and experiences inspired James to immortalize them on the page. He also wrote critically about art, most notably about the work of his friend Sargent. A refreshing new perspective on a master novelist who was greatly nourished by his friendships with artists, Henry James and American Painting reveals a James whose literary imagination, in T ib n's words, "seemed most at ease with the image" and the work of creating fully realized portraits of his characters., Depicting characters like the eponymous young sculptor in Roderick Hudson and spaces like the crowded galleries in The Wings of the Dove, Henry James's iconic novels reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society. In this book, novelist and critic Colm Tóibín joins art historian Marc Simpson and Declan Kiely of The Morgan Library & Museum to reveal how essential the language and imagery of the arts--and friendships with artists--were to James's writing. The authors consider the paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture produced by artists in James's circle, assess how his pictorial aesthetic developed, and discuss why he destroyed so many personal documents and what became of those that survived. In examining works by figures such as John La Farge, Hendrik Andersen, and John Singer Sargent alongside selections from James's novels, personal letters, and travel writings, Tóibín, Simpson, and Kiely explore the novelist's artistic and social milieu. They show him to be a writer with a painterly eye for colors and textures, shapes and tastes, and for the blending of physical and psychological impressions. In many cases, the characters populating James's fiction are ciphers for his artist friends, whose demeanors and experiences inspired James to immortalize them on the page. He also wrote critically about art, most notably about the work of his friend Sargent. A refreshing new perspective on a master novelist who was greatly nourished by his friendships with artists, Henry James and American Painting reveals a James whose literary imagination, in Tóibín's words, "seemed most at ease with the image and the work of creating fully realized portraits of his characters., Depicting characters like the eponymous young sculptor in Roderick Hudson and spaces like the crowded galleries in The Wings of the Dove , Henry James's iconic novels reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society. In this book, novelist and critic Colm Tóibín joins art historian Marc Simpson and Declan Kiely of The Morgan Library & Museum to reveal how essential the language and imagery of the arts--and friendships with artists--were to James's writing. The authors consider the paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture produced by artists in James's circle, assess how his pictorial aesthetic developed, and discuss why he destroyed so many personal documents and what became of those that survived. In examining works by figures such as John La Farge, Hendrik Andersen, and John Singer Sargent alongside selections from James's novels, personal letters, and travel writings, Tóibín, Simpson, and Kiely explore the novelist's artistic and social milieu. They show him to be a writer with a painterly eye for colors and textures, shapes and tastes, and for the blending of physical and psychological impressions. In many cases, the characters populating James's fiction are ciphers for his artist friends, whose demeanors and experiences inspired James to immortalize them on the page. He also wrote critically about art, most notably about the work of his friend Sargent. A refreshing new perspective on a master novelist who was greatly nourished by his friendships with artists, Henry James and American Painting reveals a James whose literary imagination, in Tóibín's words, "seemed most at ease with the image" and the work of creating fully realized portraits of his characters., Depicting characters like the eponymous young sculptor in Roderick Hudson and spaces like the crowded galleries in The Wings of the Dove, Henry James's iconic novels reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society. In this book, novelist and critic Colm Tóibín joins art historian Marc Simpson and Declan Kiely of The Morgan ......, Explores how the novels of Henry James reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society, and how essential the language and imagery of the arts, as well as friendships with artists, were to James's writing.

LC Classification NumberPS2127.A75T65 2017