The
pros
and
tons
of
the literary controversy
of
the day
THE QUESTION OF
HENRY
JAMES
A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS
Edited by
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AN
OUTSTANDING
volume of 26 of the best criti–
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cal essays on the merits of Henry James, cli–
maxing 60 years of debate on the subject. Not all the
essays are favorable. They range from merciless paro–
dies of his style
to
the high praise of the men respon–
sible for today's unprecedented interest in his novels
and stories. "Recommended as the most useful single
book on a major American writer whose work is
now being republished and reappraised."-Library
Journal
Among the critics represented:
Max Beerbohm,
foJeph Conrad, Van Wyck Brooks, Edm11nd Wi/–
Joll, T. S. Eliot, Philip Rahv, Andre Gide,
and 19
others.
302 pages, 111ith index and bibliograpb;• of critical
papers on James, $3.75
AT ALL IOOICSTORES
