An entirely
new estimate
of
the great
novelist
HENRY
JAMES
The Jlajor Phase
by
F. 0. MATTHIESSEN
Professor of History and
Lit–
erature, Harvard Universit;•
"What he argues is the im–
portance
to
ourselves of Henry
James' superlative achievE!–
ment, the novels of his three
miraculous years. Mr. Ma
thiessen is a perfect guide to
the man as well as the work.
Not only is he absorbed in the
most subtle of verbal intoxica–
tions, but he has a clear head
in the midst of it and a fidelitr
to honest critical standards.
His book is one of the. hap- .
piest adventures in criticism
that this tortured world has
recently seen." - F ran c i
a
Hackett, New York Times.'··
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THE GREAT
SHORT NOVELS
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HENRY
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Edited, with an introduc–
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PHILIP RAHV
In addition to ten com–
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biographical s
t
u d y of
Henry James and a critic–
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novels, most of which are
no longer in print.
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x
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~olored
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