The Tragic Muse - Brossura

James, Henry

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140433899 ISBN 13: 9780140433890

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1995

Riassunto

'You must paint her just like that ... as the Tragic Muse' Suggests one of James's characters to Nick Dormer, the young Englishman who, during the course of the novel, will courageously resist the glittering Parliamentary career desired for him by his family, in order to paint. His progress is counterpointed by the 'Tragic Muse' of the title, Miriam Rooth, one of James's most fierily beautiful creations, a great actress indifferent to social reputation, and triumphantly dedicated to her art. In portraying the conflict between art and 'the world' which is his novel's central idea, James engaged obliquely with current debates on the new aestheticism of Pater and Wilde and on the nature of the actor's performance. Through the living complexity of his protagonists he reveals how much, as Philip Horne puts it, 'to take art seriously as an end in itself ... is still a provocative course'.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York and settled in Europe in 1875. He was a regular contributor of reviews, critical essays, and short stories to American periodicals. He is best known for his many novels of American and European character.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

'You must paint her just like that ... As the Tragic Muse'

Nick Dormer is a young Englishman courageously resisting the glittering parliamentary career desired for him by his family, in order to paint. Miriam Rooth - his counterpoint, the 'Tragic Muse', and one of James's most fierily brautiful creations - is a great actress indifferent to social reputation and triumphantly dedicated to her art. At the centre of this classic novel is the conflict between art and 'the world', James engaging subtly with debates on aestheticism and the nature of the actor's performance through the living complexity of his protagonists.

Philip Horne's introduction discusses the novel in the context of contemporary discussions of art, as well as examining its brilliant complexities and the initially hostile critical reception that greeted it. This edition also includes notes, a glossary and bibliography.

Edited with an introduction and notes by Philip Horne

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140433899
• ISBN 13: 9780140433890
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Redattore: Horne Philip