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Partial Portraits
by James, Henry
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- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Henry James (1843-1916) "Partial Portraits" by Henry James is a collection of literary criticism published in 1888. This influential work gathers James's essays on major English, American, and European writers, exploring their unique artistic visions and techniques. The centerpiece is "The Art of Fiction," James's landmark argument for complete creative freedom in narrative writing. Through penetrating analyses of authors like George Eliot, Maupassant, and Turgenev, James champions each writer's distinctive perspective while establishing fiction's place among the fine arts. His elegant criticism reveals how different novelists view life through their own creative windows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 61.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1098