Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : James, Henry (1843-1916)
Titre(s) : The Ambassadors [Texte imprimé] / Henry James ; edited by Nicola Bradbury
Titre d'ensemble : The Cambridge edition of the complete fiction of Henry James ; 18
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : The Cambridge edition of the complete fiction of Henry James
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge university press, 2015
Description matérielle : cv, 560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
"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. One of Henry James' last three great novels, The Ambassadors
offers a witty, observant and profound exploration of the contrast between American
and European cultures and of the desire to 'live all you can'. It follows the journey
of self-discovery taken by a middle-aged literary gentleman, Lambert Strether, as
he sheds his New England perspective and comes to appreciate cosmopolitan society
and values, although not without personal cost. This edition, based on the work's
first book appearance in 1903, illuminates its literary and cultural contexts, contains
comprehensive annotation, and provides a detailed textual history. It will appeal
to James scholars, book historians and students of early twentieth-century Anglo-American
literature and culture, and re-introduce readers to this masterpiece" ; "This book
aims to represent James's fictional career as it evolves, with a fresh and expanded
sense of its changing contexts and an informed sense of his developing style, technique
and concerns. Consequently it does not attempt to base its choices on the principle
of the 'last lifetime edition', which in the case of Henry James is monumentally embodied
in the twenty-four volumes of the NYE, the author's selection of nine longer novels
(six of them in two volumes) and fifty-eight shorter novels and tales, and including
eighteen specially composed Prefaces. The CFHJ, as a general rule, adopts rather the
text of the first published book edition of a work, unless the intrinsic particularities
and the publishing history of that work require an alternative choice, on the ground
that emphasis on the first context in which it was written and read will permit an
unprecedented fullness of attention to the transformations in James's writing over
five decades, as well as the rich literary and social contexts of their original publication"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Bradbury, Nicola (1951-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : James, Henry (1843-1916). The ambassadors
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107002838. - ISBN 1107002834 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47004337k
Notice n° :
FRBNF47004337
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : General editors' preface ; General chronology of James' life and writings ; Introduction
; Textual introduction ; Chronology of composition and production ; The Ambassadors
; Glossary of foreign words and phrases ; Notes ; Textual variants ; Emendations
; Appendices. A. Project of novel by Henry James ; B. Extract from James's notebooks
; C. Preface to New York edition.
