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Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act
Charles Caramello
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Description for Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act
Paperback. Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act Num Pages: 287 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Focusing on biographical portraiture, Charles Caramello argues that Henry James and Gertrude Stein performed biographical acts in two senses of the phrase: they wrote biography, but as a cover for autobiography. Constructing literary genealogies while creating original literary forms, they used their biographical portraits of precursors and contemporaries to portray themselves as exemplary modern artists. Caramello advances this argument through close readings of four works that explore themes of artistry and influence and that experiment with forms of biographical portraiture: James's early biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his much later group biography, William Wetmore Story and His Friends, and Stein's ... Read more
Focusing on biographical portraiture, Charles Caramello argues that Henry James and Gertrude Stein performed biographical acts in two senses of the phrase: they wrote biography, but as a cover for autobiography. Constructing literary genealogies while creating original literary forms, they used their biographical portraits of precursors and contemporaries to portray themselves as exemplary modern artists. Caramello advances this argument through close readings of four works that explore themes of artistry and influence and that experiment with forms of biographical portraiture: James's early biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne and his much later group biography, William Wetmore Story and His Friends, and Stein's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807857267
SKU
V9780807857267
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About Charles Caramello
Charles Caramello is professor of English at the University of Maryland.
Reviews for Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and the Biographical Act
An extremely competent, professional, and serious study of two writers with a rich and complex relationship to the writing of their own lives and those of others.Modern Language Review Yearbook of English Studies|""Clearly one of the strengths of [this book] is the sophistication and clarity with which Caramello identifies the significance of his critical moves. . . . [A] lucid ... Read more