The Year of Henry James
Descriere
The Year of Henry James: The story of a novel: With other essays on the genesis, composition and reception of literary fiction In 2004, Henry James featured as a character in no less than three novels - David Lodge's Author, Author was one of them. With insightful and amusing candour, here he traces the history of his book from conception to publication, pondering the mystery - and indeed the anguish - of so many novels about James appearing at the same time. Lodge's reflections on his own creative practice are accompanied by studies of the genesis, composition and reception of key works by James himself, as well as other novelists from George Eliot to Vladimir Nabokov, and J.M. Coetzee to Graham Greene.
Despre autor
David Lodge a fost un scriitor, specialist în literatură și profesor universitar englez. În prima calitate a scris mai ales romane, dar și povestiri, piese de teatru și scenarii pentru televiziune. În a doua a publicat eseuri de teoria și istoria literaturii. Între aceste două grupuri de opere se situează biografii ale unor scriitori.
