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Turn West, Turn East: Mark Twain and Henry James

by Henry Seidel Canby. 322 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Henry Seidel Canby

Publisher:

   Biblo and Tannen

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1965
Subjects:   Twain, Mark,--1835-1910, James, Henry,--1843-1916
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books on: (Twain Mark 1835 1910) OR (James Henry 1843 1916)  - 8419 results

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Turn West, Turn East: Mark Twain and Henry James
Book by Henry Seidel Canby; Biblo and Tannen, 1965
Subjects: James, Henry--1843-1916, Twain, Mark--1835-1910
...moral scheme was as fundamental for him as it was usually unconscious. 3. HENRY JAMES CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION Henry James Junior was born April 15, 1843, at Number 5 not Number 2, as he said later , Washington Place, the second in a row between the New York University...
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Henry James: Autobiography
Book by Frederick W. Dupee, Henry James; Criterion Books, 1956
Subjects: James, Henry--1843-1916
...stricken and in darkness," he wrote to a friend in the summer of 1910, when he was sixty-seven. William James was dead; and William...no immediate family of his own to command his affections and mark the passage of time, he continued to live intensely in his own...
3.
Theatre and Friendship: Some Henry James Letters
Book by Henry James, Elizabeth Robins; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1932
Subjects: Fiction, James, Henry--1843-1916--Correspondence
...FRIENDSHIP Courtesy of Alice Boughton HENRY JAMES THEATRE AND FRIENDSHIP SOME HENRY JAMES LETTERS WITH A COMMENTARY BY ELIZABETH...My special acknowledgments are due to Henry James, Junior, for his permission to publish...
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The Authentic Mark Twain: A Literary Biography of Samuel L. Clemens
Book by Everett Emerson; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Biography, Fiction, Humorists, American--19th Century--Biography, Journalists--United States--Biography, Twain, Mark--1835-1910
...Bibliography: p . Includes index . 1. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. 2. Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography. I. Title...Book Is for Henry Nash Smith Permission to quote from Mark Twain manuscripts owned by various repositories is indicated below...
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'Littery Man': Mark Twain and Modern Authorship
Book by Richard S. Lowry; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Authors And Readers--United States--History--19th Century, Authorship--Social Aspects--United States--History--19th Century, Autobiographical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Canon (Literature), Fiction--Authorship--History--19th Century, Self In Literature, Twain, Mark--1835-1910--Authorship
...Richard Brodhead has called "paraliterary institutions"--mens clubs, Harvard College, The North American Review , James T. Fieldss Old Corner Bookstore--all of which served not only to regulate the cultural commerce of Boston but also to...writers, such as E.D.E.N. Southworth and Fanny Fern Longfellow would also publish with Bonner . 74 As early as 1843, Horace Greeley could write to the reclusive Henry David Thoreau: " T hough you may write with an angels pen yet your work will have no mercantile value unless you are known...
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journal articles on: (Twain Mark 1835 1910) OR (James Henry 1843 1916)  - 142 results

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Reconstructing Henry James: the Heiress (1949)
Journal article by Laurence Raw; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 30, 2002
Subjects: Drama, James, Henry (1843-1916), Motion pictures, Novels, Screenplays, Writing
Reconstructing Henry James: the Heiress (1949) by Laurence...The presumed difficulty of adapting Henry James for the screen has preoccupied many...Philip Home rejects the idea that a Henry James film should be faithful to the book...
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Henry James's "organic Form" and Classical Rhetoric
Journal article by Jose Antonio Alvarez Amoros; Comparative Literature, Vol. 46, 1994
Subjects: Critics, James, Henry (1843-1916), Linguistics, Literary criticism
...Allott, Miriam. "Form Versus Substance in Henry James." Review Of English Literature 3 (1962...Beach, Joseph Warren. The Method of Henry James. Philadelphia: Albert Seifer, 1954...State University Press, 1985. 59-64. James. Henry. "The Art of Fiction." Partial Portraits...
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"Damnable Feminization"?: the Merchant Ivory Film Adaptation of Henry James's the Bostonians
Journal article by Sue Sorensen; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 25, 1997
Subjects: James, Henry (1843-1916), Motion picture criticism, Motion pictures, Writers
...novelist as difficult and lavish as Henry James promises mixed blessings and prodigal...his 1884 essay "The Art of Fiction," Henry James put forward an artistic creed of openness...not an artist figure, a type sacred to Henry James, it is hard to believe that James, with...
4.
Technologies of Vision in Henry James's What Maisie Knew
Journal article by Christina Britzolakis; Novel, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Culture, History, James, Henry (1843-1916), Literary criticism, Novels, Urban areas
...The creative and critical writings of Henry James invest heavily in optical tropes. Of...letter of February 24, 1899, from James to Henry James Junior. In response to his nephews inquiry...panorama, phantasmagoria, and dime museum" (James, Letters 318). Jamess sense of profound...
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Sloughing off the Burdens: Ada's and Isabel's Parallel/antithetical Quests for Self-actualization in Jane Campion's Film the Piano and Henry James's Novel the Portrait of a Lady
Journal article by Jeanne R. Dapkus; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 25, 1997
Subjects: Campion, Jane, James, Henry (1843-1916), Motion picture criticism, Motion picture directors & producers, Motion pictures
...Self-actualization in Jane Campions Film the Piano and Henry Jamess Novel the Portrait of a Lady...wild, caught creature in a vast cage. (James, The Portrait of a Lady 106-07)1 After...when darkness returned she was free. (James, The Portrait of a Lady 542) The rope...that Jane Campion had chosen to direct Henry Jamess novel The Portrait of a Lady as...her destiny" (Sangari 714). In Isabel, "James found a literary solution which created...
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Henry James and the Heavenly Light
Magazine article by Bryan Berry; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November 2006
Subjects: James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)--Works, The Golden Bowl (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...appreciate "the other." Five years before James birth, in an address to the Harvard...his crib shortly after his birth, and Henry attended Emersons funeral. Like Emerson, the boys father, Henry Sr., believed in "the only true spiritual...been more real to me than natural," James Sr. wrote. We "have a plenary divine...finding God in their shoelaces. His son, Henry James Jr., found himself in the same situation...
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Does Huck Finn Belong in My Classroom? Reflections of Curricular Choice, Multicultural Education, and Diversity
Magazine article by Paula Leider; Multicultural Education, Vol. 13, Summer 2006
Subjects: American literature, Bans, Curriculum selection, Literary criticism, Novels, Prejudice, Racism, Teaching methods, Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910), Writers
...by Paula Leider Recently, our English department deleted Mark Twains novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from our...and what Twains purpose was in using these prejudices. Since Twain was both a satirist and an abolitionist, one view of the novel...prejudices and the nations failure to confront and change them. Twain uses the moral development of Huck as an allegory of the moral...
3.
Bed Reading
Magazine article by William F. Buckley Jr.; National Review, Vol. 59, February 12, 2007
Subjects: American (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)--Criticism and interpretation, Travel books--Criticism and interpretation
...venerated bad book ever published. Now Henry James (1843-1916) is captivating when describing people...dictating his own last few baggy monsters, Henry James perfected such fluid elocution that...torrent of explanatory ramifications." Henry James! In his travel books James demonstrates...
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To Remain Indestructible in a Perishable World
Magazine article by Nicky Mchugh; History Today, Vol. 54, January 2004
Subjects: Hartford, Connecticut--Buildings and facilities, Twain, Mark--Homes and haunts
...Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-96) and Mark Twain (1835-1910) stand side by side, fine examples...marble--were chosen to complement the Mark Twain House. The architects used a natural...John Boyer, Executive Director of the Mark Twain House. The Museum Center will offer...
5.
Congress: A Laughing Matter
Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, July 22, 1996
Subjects: Political satire, American--History, Rogers, Will--Appreciation, Twain, Mark--Appreciation
...audiences laughed and loved both of them. Mark Twain and Will Rogers, the two men generally...regularly in the 1860s until his death in 1910. "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose...Twain of Missouri where he was born in 1835 and Rogers of the great plains, having...our Congress has been running it." Mark Twain, the nom de plume of Samuel Langhorne...national holiday. The speech is vintage Twain. It began with what sounded at first...
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Stop Smoking Now; "I Have Stopped Smoking Now and Then, for a Few Months at a Time, but It Was Not on Principle, It Was Only to Show off; It Was to Pulverize Those Critics Who Said I Was a Slave to My Habits and Couldn't Break My Bonds." Mark Twain (1835-1910), American Satirist
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 15, 2006
...a Slave to My Habits and Couldnt Break My Bonds." Mark Twain (1835-1910), American Satirist. Byline: Dr. Jose Pujalte Jr. "Seventieth Birthday Speech" NE things for sure, Mark Twain wasnt a nicotine addict. He was able to stop smoking...
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New Fiction
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 19, 2004
Subjects: James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)
...literary feasts outside Joanne Harriss Chocolat), that Dunn gives full rein to her imagination. Lucy fancies herself in love with Mark Smeaton, a court musician and Annes admirer, who is later executed for adultery with the Queen. Her story contains a humanity...
3.
When Biography Becomes Fiction
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 22, 2004
Subjects: James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)
...novel about the great American novelist Henry James is a suggestive sign of the times. Modern...multiple sources. His hero is called Henry James, his dated chapters (each picking a...phrases and sentences from the writings of Henry James and his family". Where he occasionally...
4.
Books: Review: The Master by Colm Toibin, Picador, Pounds 16.99
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 3, 2004
Subjects: James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)
...Irvine Colm Toibins decision to take Henry James as the subject and central character of...it has to be said, asking for trouble. James is widely regarded not only as the God...Toibin is just as subtle a psychologist as James, and brings real mystery and intrigue...
5.
A Browning Version; Books on Friday Critic's Choice
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 23, 2004
Subjects: Browning, Robert, James, Henry (American writer, 1843-1916)
...NONE of the odd are so great and none of the great so odd, Henry James once said of Robert Browning. In Jamess short story, from...only a splendid surface. This was the surface against which Henry James knocked and found only emptiness behind. But it was in this...
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encyclopedia articles on: (Twain Mark 1835 1910) OR (James Henry 1843 1916)  - 4 results

 
 
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Twain, Mark
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TWAIN, MARK pseud. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835 1910, American author, b. Florida, Mo. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Adventures...he became a Mississippi River pilot hence his pseudonym, "Mark Twain," which was the river call for a depth of water of two...
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James, Henry , American Novelist and Critic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAMES, HENRY , American novelist and critic 1843 1916, American novelist and critic...in English. He was the son of Henry James , Sr., a Swedenborgian theologian, and the brother of William James , the philosopher. Educated privately...
3.
National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lincoln and other presidents. Rainbow Bridge MO S Utah 1910 160 (65) Pink sandstone arch. Russell Cave MO NE Ala...schools. Longfellow HS E Mass. 1972 2 (.8) Home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1837 82) in Cambridge; also George...
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Periodical
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...famous of its kind. The Economist (1843 ), despite its name, is an international...Edward Everett , E. T. Channing, James Russell Lowell , and Henry Adams . The New-York Mirror (1823...included Harpers Weekly (New York, 1857 1916), for which George W. Curtis wrote famous...1928), at first Congregationalist under Henry Ward Beecher (1861 63) and Theodore...editors Walter Lippmann (1914 17) and Henry A. Wallace (1946 48). The American...


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