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- catalog abstract "The first decade of the twentieth century saw Henry James at work selecting and revising his novels and tales for a collection of his work known as the New York Edition. James not only made extensive revisions of his early works; he added eighteen prefaces that provide what many readers believe to be the best commentary on his fiction. John Pearson argues here for a reading of the prefaces within the context of the New York Edition as James's attempt to construct an ideal reader, one attentive to his art and authorial performance. He argues that James sought to create the modern reader, one who would learn to appreciate and discriminate his literary art through reading the prefaces. Through close readings of several of the novels and tales, including The Awkward Age, What Maisie Knew, The Portrait of a Lady, The Aspern Papers, and The Wings of the Dove, Pearson's comprehensive study examines the various framing strategies at work and considers the broader theoretical implications of reading through the prefaces.".
- catalog contributor b10236039.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The first decade of the twentieth century saw Henry James at work selecting and revising his novels and tales for a collection of his work known as the New York Edition. James not only made extensive revisions of his early works; he added eighteen prefaces that provide what many readers believe to be the best commentary on his fiction. John Pearson argues here for a reading of the prefaces within the context of the New York Edition as James's attempt to construct an ideal reader, one attentive to his art and authorial performance. He argues that James sought to create the modern reader, one who would learn to appreciate and discriminate his literary art through reading the prefaces. Through close readings of several of the novels and tales, including The Awkward Age, What Maisie Knew, The Portrait of a Lady, The Aspern Papers, and The Wings of the Dove, Pearson's comprehensive study examines the various framing strategies at work and considers the broader theoretical implications of reading through the prefaces.".
- catalog description "What's in a preface? what's in a frame? what's in it for James? -- The politics of the preface -- Tales of origin and James's aesthetic memory -- Authorial performance and subversions of reading : The wings of the dove and What Maisie knew -- Meaning, context, intertext : a preface to ten tales -- Consciousness and the construction of identity : reading The portrait of a lady through the preface.".
- catalog extent "168 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Prefaces of Henry James.".
- catalog identifier "0271016590 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Prefaces of Henry James.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Prefaces of Henry James.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "813/.4 20".
- catalog subject "Authors and readers United States.".
- catalog subject "Fiction History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Fiction Technique.".
- catalog subject "James, Henry, 1843-1916 Technique.".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Literature) United States.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "PS2127.T4 P43 1997".
- catalog subject "Prefaces.".
- catalog subject "Reader-response criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "What's in a preface? what's in a frame? what's in it for James? -- The politics of the preface -- Tales of origin and James's aesthetic memory -- Authorial performance and subversions of reading : The wings of the dove and What Maisie knew -- Meaning, context, intertext : a preface to ten tales -- Consciousness and the construction of identity : reading The portrait of a lady through the preface.".
- catalog title "The prefaces of Henry James : framing the modern reader / John H. Pearson.".
- catalog type "text".