The American Scene by Henry James HARDBACK 9781108471176

Henry James

The American Scene\nby Henry James\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Henry James\nTitle: The American Scene\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781108471176\nISBN-10: 110847117X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHenry James left America in 1875 for the sake of his art and for the rich cultural heritage of Europe. His return in the late summer of 1904, based on both romantic and practical motives, allowed him to revisit the now-transformed cities of his youth as well as to experience for the first time the country''s southern states. The American Scene is a major work from James'' final, most adventurous creative phase and offers a cultural and social crit.