Henry James's style of retrospect: late personal writings, 1890-1915

Synopsis

This Publication Traces James's Engagement With The Writing Of The Recent Past Across The Last 25 Years Of His Life And Examines The Thoroughgoing Change His Style Underwent In This Last Phase Of His Career, As His Focus Turned From The Observation Of Contemporary Manners To Biographical Commemoration And Autobiographical Reminiscence, And The Balance Of His Output Gradually Shifted From Fiction To Non-fiction. Commememorations : The Personal Past -- Representations : The Past As Style -- The Given Case : William Wetmore Story And His Friends -- Allusion To The Past : The American Scene -- Revisions Of The Picturesque, From Transatlantic Sketches To Italian Hours -- 'everything Counts' : Prefaces To The New York Edition -- Things Heard : A Small Boy And Others, Notes Of A Son And Brother -- Ending And Going On, 1914-15. Oliver Herford. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 249-256) And Index.