Letters from America

by Rupert Brooke and Henry James

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082530444X
• ISBN13: 9780825304446
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Beaufort Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

America in the early 20th century

A fascinating picture of North America in the first years of the 20th century seen through the eyes of a young Englishman from the establishment making a grand tour of America rather than Europe. It is in the tradition of 'travel books' of the period - his impressions of a strange land - and thus also tells us something about people of his class and country.

More people should know Brooke for his prose; it is elegant.

Although "Letters From America" was actually a series of articles that represents the only time in Rupert Brooke's life when he had a paying job,they work well as a book. Written at a juncture in the poet's life when he suffered from considerable emotional strain in his personal relationships, "Letters" is his record of the world beyond England. It is perceptive, elegant writing. Very personal, very interesting (not only for its picture of North America in the early part of this century, but also for its picture of Brooke, with all of his foibles and prejudices).Had he lived through WWI, Rupert Brooke could have been an outstanding prose writer, as "Letters" suggests. Unfortunately, it was not to be.