Adapting to the stage : theatre and the work of Henry James

Author:Christopher Greenwood

Summary:This title was first published in 2000: 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.

Print Book, English, 2018

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Publisher: Routledge, London, 2018

Series:

Studies in European cultural transition

Physical Description:1 volume.

ISBN:

9781138718920, 1138718920

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1083824653

Subjects:

Authors and theater

James, Henry 1843-1916 Adaptations

James, Henry 1843-1916 Criticism and interpretation

Contents:

Part 1: Two Contexts: the Theatre and the Ouevre 1. Psychological Space in 'The Summersoft Group' and the Late Plays 2. 1881-94: Well-made Drama 3. 'A Projected Form': Ellipsis and the Fourth Wall 4. Conclusion: Abandoning the Soliloquy Part 2: 'The Theatrical Straitjacket': The Other House and The Spoils of Poynton 5. The 'Cultivation of Limits' 6. The Other House: Psychology Embodied 7. Fleda's Sense of the Past: The Poetry of ... Something Sensibly 8. Conclusion: The Material Self

Notes:

First published in 2000