Title: The Year of Henry James
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: Fiction, History and criticism, Authorship, James, henry, 1843-1916, Fiction, authorship, Creation (literary, artistic, etc.), Biography as a literary form, Appreciation, Literatur, Englisch, Roman, Art appreciation
People: David Lodge (1935-)
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century
LC classification: PN3503 .L57 2006