Monopolizing the Master [[electronic resource] ] : Henry James and the politics of modern literary scholarship / / Michael Anesko
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Anesko Michael
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| Titolo: |
Monopolizing the Master [[electronic resource] ] : Henry James and the politics of modern literary scholarship / / Michael Anesko
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Authors, American - Biography - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Cornering the Market; 2. Custodial Conflicts; 3. Modernist Ventriloquism; 4. The James Revival; 5. The Legend of the Bastard; Afterword; Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Henry James defied posterity to disturb his bones: he was adamant that his legacy be based exclusively on his publications and that his private life and writings remain forever private. Despite this, almost immediately after his death in 1916 an intense struggle began among his family and his literary disciples to control his posthumous reputation, a struggle that was continued by later generations of critics and biographers. Monopolizing the Master gives a blow-by-blow account of this conflict, which aroused intense feelings of jealousy, suspicion, and proprietorship among those w |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Monopolizing the Master |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8264-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457938303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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