A Small Boy And Others: A Critical Edition
by Henry James /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Henry James was the final survivor of a remarkable family, and
his memoir, written at the end of a long and tireless career, was
prompted initially by the death of his "ideal Elder Brother," the
psychologist and philosopher William James.
Henry James was the final survivor of a remarkable family, and
his memoir, written at the end of a long and tireless career, was
prompted initially by the death of his "ideal Elder Brother," the
psychologist and philosopher William James.A Small Boy and
Others
A Small Boy and
Others recounts the novelist’s earliest years in Albany and,
more importantly, New York City, where he was allowed to wander
at will. He evokes the theatrical entertainments he enjoyed, the
varied social scene in which the family mixed, and the piecemeal
nature of his education. With the first of several extended
trips, the "romance" of Europe begins as the small boy becomes
acquainted with a British culture already familiar from his
precocious reading of the great Victorian novelists. And it is in
France, in the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon, that he undergoes an
initiation into the aesthetic power of great art and an
intimation of all the "fun" it might bring him. Yet the child
also registered, within this privileged and extended family
group, signs of dysfunction and failure. James’s autobiography
has significantly determined the nature and even the terms of the
extensive biographical and critical interest he continues to
enjoy. This first fully annotated critical edition of
recounts the novelist’s earliest years in Albany and,
more importantly, New York City, where he was allowed to wander
at will. He evokes the theatrical entertainments he enjoyed, the
varied social scene in which the family mixed, and the piecemeal
nature of his education. With the first of several extended
trips, the "romance" of Europe begins as the small boy becomes
acquainted with a British culture already familiar from his
precocious reading of the great Victorian novelists. And it is in
France, in the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon, that he undergoes an
initiation into the aesthetic power of great art and an
intimation of all the "fun" it might bring him. Yet the child
also registered, within this privileged and extended family
group, signs of dysfunction and failure. James’s autobiography
has significantly determined the nature and even the terms of the
extensive biographical and critical interest he continues to
enjoy. This first fully annotated critical edition ofA Small
Boy and Others,
A Small
Boy and Others, which guides the reader through the allusive
complexities of James’s prose, also offers fresh insights into
the formative years of one of literature’s most influential
figures.
which guides the reader through the allusive
complexities of James’s prose, also offers fresh insights into
the formative years of one of literature’s most influential
figures.