Henry James' Last Romance
Subtitle: Making Sense of the Past and the American Scene (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780521563383
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literature and history; James, Henry,; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; Literary Criticism; USA; American - General; American scene; Ivory tower; James, Henry; James, Henry,--1843-1916--Knowledge--History; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; America; United States; 1843-1916; 20th century; Culture in literature; History; Knowledge
First sentence: In the summer of 1914, as ethnic and nationalist conflicts mounted in the Balkans and the Austro-Hungarian Empire sank into paralysis, Kaiser Wilhelm II's ministers reviewed the 1906 Schlieffen Plan to invade France by way of neutral Belgium - thus insuring Britain's entry into the war - and Henry James began working on The Ivory Tower.