The Portrait of a Lady: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393938530 ISBN 13: 9780393938531

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017

Synopsis

“Michael Gorra’s wise and worldly new critical edition of James’s first masterpiece will help readers of all persuasions appreciate The Portrait of a Lady as a brilliant experiment in the art of the novel; as a landmark in the emergence of American literature; and as an open-ended, quietly terrifying meditation on American identity in its encounter with the world.” ―Mary Loeffelholz, Northeastern University

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

· The New York Edition of the novel, accompanied by Michael Gorra’s introduction and explanatory footnotes.
· Background and contextual materials centering on James as a writer, The Portrait of a Lady in revision, and reviews of the novel by James’s contemporaries.
· Seven important critical essays, chosen for their accessibility.
· A Chronology and Suggestions for Further Reading.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format―annotated text, contexts, and criticism―helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

About this title

Book Description:

The Cambridge Edition of The Portrait of a Lady (1881) offers the most authoritative and most comprehensively annotated text of Henry James's first masterpiece. Extensive textual variants provide complete collation of all published versions since its first appearance in serial form through the New York edition of 1908.

From the Publisher:

Actress Nina Foch, who performs this story has played leading roles in many films that have become American classics, including Executive Suite, The Ten Commandments, An American in Paris, and Spartacus.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0393938530
• ISBN 13: 9780393938531
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 664
• Editor: Gorra Michael