The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of a major writer whose work continues to be read, quoted, adapted and studied. The nine tales in this volume, published between 1884 and 1888, include 'The Aspern Papers', set in Venice and featuring a devious scholar attempting to steal the letters of an American poet from his former lover, and 'The Liar,' on the world of painters and their models. These tales exemplify James's continuing interest in the art of short fiction during a period which saw him responding to the stimulations of French naturalism and successfully reworking the international theme that had made him famous at the end of the 1870s. Extensive explanatory notes enable modern readers to understand the tales' historical, cultural and literary references.
The nine tales in this collection, published between 1884 and 1888, exemplify James' continuing interest in the art of short fiction. This first scholarly edition provides extensive annotations, a detailed textual history of the work, and a full introduction exploring the novel's literary, cultural and historical contexts.
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'This exemplary edition of Henry James's writing reminds us how modern he was - how alive to paradox and uncertainty, how awake to nuance and, for someone so committed to the art of fiction, how sceptical, finally, of his own processes.' Elizabeth Lowry, Times Literary Supplement
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A scholarly edition of the short fiction of Henry James, comprising nine tales including 'The Aspern Papers' and 'The Liar'.
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; General
Editor's Preface; General Chronology of James's Life and Writings;
Introduction; Textual Introduction; Chronology of Composition and Production;
Bibliography; The Aspern Papers and Other Tales, 1884-188; Glossary of
Foreign Words and Phrases; Notes; Textual Variants; Emendations; Appendix A.
Extracts from James's Notebooks; Appendix B. Prefaces to the New York Edition.
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi is professor emerita of Anglo-American Literature at the University of Venice Ca' Foscari. She has edited several selections of Henry James's letters, both in Italian and in English, including: Letters from the Palazzo Barbaro (1998), Beloved Boy. Letters to Hendrik C. Andersen 1899-1915 (2004) and Letters to Isabella Stewart Gardner (2009). She is also the author of multiple works on Henry James, and most recent volume is Ralph W.Curtis, un pittore americano a Venezia (2019), of which she is preparing an English, revised edition. Simone Francescato is an Associate Professor in Anglo-American literature and culture at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is also the author of Collecting and Appreciating: Henry James and the Transformation of Aesthetics in the Age of Consumption (2010).
