The American

by Henry James and Henry Henry

Book Overview

The textual history of the novel is traced in A Note on the Text; a list of substantive variants and emendations; a facsimile manuscript page showing James's method of revision; and a list of the installments of the novel as they appeared in The Atlantic.

"Backgrounds and Sources" includes relevant extracts from correspondence, reviews, and articles by James and others, and from his Notebooks and Hawthorne.

"Contemporary Reception"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393090914
• ISBN13: 9780393090918
• Release Date: September 1978
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12