{"product_id":"the-complete-letters-of-henry-james-1888-1891-volume-1-9781496240965","title":"The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1888-1891: Volume 1","description":"This first volume in \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Letters of Henry James, 1888-1891\u003c\/i\u003e contains 171 letters, of which 119 are published for the first time, written from late November 1888 to April 20, 1890. These letters continue to mark Henry James's ongoing efforts to care for his sister, develop his work, strengthen his professional status, build friendships, engage with timely political and economic issues, and maximize his income, which included hiring an agent. James details his work on \u003ci\u003eThe Tragic Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Mrs. Temperly,\" \"An Animated Conversation,\" \"The Solution,\" and other fiction. This volume opens with James in France and concludes with James on the Continent. Dee MacCormack introduces the volume, paying close attention to James's increasing interest in the theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James\u003c\/b\u003e (1843-1916) was an American author and literary critic. He wrote some two dozen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e, and left behind more than ten thousand letters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Anesko\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English and American Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James series and the author of \u003ci\u003eHenry James Framed: Material Representations of the Master\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2022), among other works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg W. Zacharias\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English and the director of the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University. He is editor of the \u003ci\u003eHenry James Review\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Henry James\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Sommer\u003c\/b\u003e has been associate editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James series since 2007 and has worked on the Henry James letters project since 2001. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDee MacCormack\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar and completed her PhD on Henry James in 2021 at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of numerous papers and articles on Henry James.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877834297618,"sku":"9781496240965","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3b22a0b-16b2-4894-9ce2-48d8fc94bafb.jpg?v=1739031067","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-letters-of-henry-james-1888-1891-volume-1-9781496240965","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}