The year of Henry James
Subtitle: or, Timing is all : the story of a novel : with other essays on the genesis, composition, and reception of literary fiction
By: David Lodge
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781846550034
Subjects: Lodge, David, -- 1935-; Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Fiction -- Authorship
Other titles: Timing is all
Description: "In the first part of this book, in revealing and often amusing reminiscence, David Lodge traces the history of his recent novel about Henry James, Author, Author, from the very first mention of the basic idea in his notebook, through the processes of research and writing, to the publication and reception of the finished book, which was adversely affected the appearance of another novel on the same subject some six months earlier. The essays in the second part pursue the themes of genesis, composition and reception in the work of other novelists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index