Dan HilandThe Good, The Bad, and The OversharedThree wildly disparate books, but only one worth readingOct 27
John Peyton Cooke“Live All You Can — It’s a Mistake Not To”At 50, I re-read THE AMBASSADORS, by Henry James, for the third time. Now, as I near 57, it may be time to read it again …Feb 2012
InThe Book CafebyBill EvansNo Moral to It — Henry James’s Washington Square“We don’t read James for his stories. Despite their formal symmetries, they feel jerry-rigged… “Nov 25, 20231Nov 25, 20231
Dan HilandDying of Exposure, Halfway Up James MountainMaybe I should have gone with Henry’s novels, instead…Sep 9Sep 9
Jonathan LethemBe Kind, Be Kind, Be KindHenry James, Mr. Rogers, and the Long MiddleSep 21, 2023117Sep 21, 2023117
Dan HilandThe Good, The Bad, and The OversharedThree wildly disparate books, but only one worth readingOct 27
John Peyton Cooke“Live All You Can — It’s a Mistake Not To”At 50, I re-read THE AMBASSADORS, by Henry James, for the third time. Now, as I near 57, it may be time to read it again …Feb 2012
InThe Book CafebyBill EvansNo Moral to It — Henry James’s Washington Square“We don’t read James for his stories. Despite their formal symmetries, they feel jerry-rigged… “Nov 25, 20231
Dan HilandDying of Exposure, Halfway Up James MountainMaybe I should have gone with Henry’s novels, instead…Sep 9
InCounter ArtsbyTom BarrettThe Uncanny in The Turn of the ScrewA brief analysis of Freudian theory in Henry James’ Gothic novella The Turn of the Screw.Mar 193
MrvescoviHow to Read Henry James — Not!When it comes reading Henry James, the public falls into two categories: People who admire his works, and those who consider his dense…Jul 28
Michael DuckerReview: F.R. Leavis’ “The Great Tradition”What strikes the contemporary reader about immediately about The Great Tradition — and about Leavis generally — is that for all the…Jun 28, 2020
