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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101906540071

ISBN-139781906540074

eBay Product ID (ePID)66827272

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Number of Pages210 Pages

Publication NameHenry James and the Second Empire

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGeneral, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorAngus Wrenn

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width6.8 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2009-291742

ReviewsThe first sustained account of what are now regarded, fairly, as lesser writers of the Second Empire... and of their significance for James's developing art. Wrenn offers an excellent analysis of the house journal for these writers, the Revue des deux mondes, a publication enthusiastically read by James.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813.4

Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Edmond About 3. Victor Cherbuliez 4. Octave Feuillet 5. Alexandre Dumas fils 6. Paul Bourget Heir to the Second Empire 7. The Second Empire Revisited

SynopsisThree years spent in France, during the Second Empire of Napoleon III, gave Henry James an early mastery of the French language and its literature. When he settled in Europe, as an adult, it was not in Britain but, briefly yet crucially, in Paris., This book examines the 'missing link' in the history of Henry James's literary engagement with France, between Balzac and later French writers. It shows that the French Second Empire literary influence predates the influence of English or even American literature upon James., Three years spent in France during the 'Second Empire' of Napoleon III gave Henry James an early mastery of the French language and its literature. When he settled in Europe as an adult, it was not in Britain but, briefly yet crucially, in Paris. This study identifies the 'missing link' in the history of James's literary engagement with France, between Balzac, revered throughout his career, and later French writers. It was Second Empire writers who spurred James's own contribution to the novel. While realism courted official displeasure, culminating in the prosecution of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, and closure of the radical Revue de Paris which serialized it, the conservative Revue des Deux Mondes (to which James subscribed) enjoyed imperial approval. James remained indebted to the authors published in its pages, Edmond About, Victor Cherbuliez, and Octave Feuillet, to his close friend Paul Bourget, and to the era's greatest playwright, Alexandre Dumas.

LC Classification NumberPS2127.F7W74 2009