What Henry James Knew by Cynthia Ozick
Twenty-one dazzling essays on classic writers, a tour de force of literary criticism but also a very personal insight from one of America's finest writers on what makes other writers tick. There are essays on: Henry James, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, Saul Bellow, Edith Wharton, J. M. Coetzee, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino, Truman Capote, Theodore Dreiser, William Gaddis, I. B. Singer, Gershom Scholem, S. Y. Agnon, Bruno Schulz, Gertrude Kolmar. A second collection - on the art of writing - to follow in October 1993.
Cynthia Ozick is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and she has won various prizes and awards for her novels, poems, short stories and essays. Her books include The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories, Bloodshed and Three Novellas, Trust (a novel), The shawl (a novella and a story), Art & Ardour (essays) and Metaphor & Memories (essays). Her work has been translated into most major languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224033299 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224033298 |
| Title | What Henry James Knew |
| Author | Cynthia Ozick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1993-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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