The Tragic Muse, Volume 1 (The Novels and Tales of Henry James, New York Editions, Volume 7)
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'You must paint her just like that ... as the Tragic Muse' Thus suggests one of James's characters to Nick Dormer, the young Englishman who, during the course of the novel, will courageously resist the glittering Parliamentary career desired for him by his family, in order to paint. His progress is counterpointed by the 'Tragic Muse' of the title, Miriam Rooth, one of James's most fierily beautiful creations, a great actress indifferent to social reputation, and triumphantly dedicated to her art. In portraying the conflict between art and 'the world' which is his novel's central idea, James engaged obliquely with current debates on the new aestheticism of Pater and Wilde and on the nature of the actor's performance. Through the living complexity of his protagonists he reveals how much, as Philip Horne puts it, 'to take art seriously as an end in itself ... is still a provocative course'. This Penguin Classic forms the first fully annotated edition of The Tragic Muse and, together with textual notes, Philip Horne provides a stimulating introduction, a glossary and bibliography.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0678028079
ISBN13:9780678028070
Release Date:May 1977
Publisher:Augustus M. Kelley
Length:374 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:8.8" x 1.3" x 6.0"
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