The Master, the Modern Major General, and His Clever Wife: Henry James's Letters to Field Marshal Lord Wolseley and Lady Wolseley, 1878–1913 - Couverture rigide

Ehret, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813932351 ISBN 13 : 9780813932354

Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2012

Synopsis

As his letters attest, for nearly forty years Henry James enjoyed a warm and gratifying friendship with Britain's foremost soldier of the last quarter of the nineteenth century and his wife. The Wolseleys were notable figures. Lord Wolseley, the field marshal who became Britain's commander in chief of the British army, was a national hero. Both a bibliophile and an author, Wolseley was described by Henry James to his brother William as an "excellent example of the cultivated British soldier." Lady Wolseley was also well-read, as well as stylish, strong-willed, and shrewd, and in Henry's view, a delightful correspondent--in short, as the editor writes, "precisely the kind of woman James most admired."

In The Master, the Modern Major General, and His Clever Wife, Alan James offers a collection of more than one hundred letters--most of them published here for the first time--that Henry James wrote to the Wolseleys, the majority to Lady Wolseley. Included are an overall introduction to the letters; separate introductory profiles of Lord and Lady Wolseley along with commentaries on the factors that drew James and the Wolseleys together; introductions to each of four sections of the letters, divided chronologically; and annotations throughout, identifying the notable men and women to whom James refers as well as comparing what James and the Wolseleys thought of them and their work.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alan G. James has written several articles about Henry James that have appeared in the Henry James Review. He lives with his wife, Marjorie, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Virginia Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813932351
• ISBN 13: 9780813932354
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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