Generous Mistakes: Incidents of Error in Henry James

by Michael Anesko

By combining the techniques of textual criticism and the insights of close reading, Generous Mistakes offers new perspectives not only on two of Henry James's major novels (The Portrait of a Lady and The Ambassadors) but also on the process by which they became the books we know--or think we know. Through a better understanding of the conditions of production that affected James's author function, we achieve a deeper appreciation of the historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198794886
• ISBN13: 9780198794882
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"