Christopher Greenwood
Ashgate
Hardback
206
2000
The American novelist and playwright Henry James was drawn to the theatre and the shifting conventions of drama throughout his writing career. This study demonstrates that from the 1890s onwards James concentrated on adapting his novels and stories to and from the stage and increasingly employed metaphors that spoke of novel-writing in terms of playwriting. Christopher Greenwood argues that these metaphors helped James to conceive of himself as an artist who composed characters dramatically and visually and in so doing sets his novels significantly apart from those of his contemporaries.
Ashgate
Hardback
206
2000
The American novelist and playwright Henry James was drawn to the theatre and the shifting conventions of drama throughout his writing career. This study demonstrates that from the 1890s onwards James concentrated on adapting his novels and stories to and from the stage and increasingly employed metaphors that spoke of novel-writing in terms of playwriting. Christopher Greenwood argues that these metaphors helped James to conceive of himself as an artist who composed characters dramatically and visually and in so doing sets his novels significantly apart from those of his contemporaries.