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Overview
In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theater, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and '50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors, culminating in the recent film adaptations of his novels by Merchant-Ivory, Jane Campion, and Iain Softley. Henry James on Stage and Screen traces this historical development.
Synopsis
In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theater, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and '50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors, culminating in the recent film adaptations of his novels by Merchant-Ivory, Jane Campion, and Iain Softley. Henry James on Stage and Screen traces this historical development.
Booknews
As we learn in the opening essay, in the 1890's James himself tried to write for theater, with no success. Half a century later, James's work began appearing on stage and on screen, including recent films (all discussed here) by Merchant-Ivory, Jane Campion, and Iain Softley. Bradley (former editor, , and writer and editor of studies on Henry James) has selected 15 essays by writers and professors of English that trace the work of James in opera, film, theater, and the BBC. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)