Washington Square
Washington Square
Gert Buelens, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Susan M. Griffin, University of Louisville, Kentucky
The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of a major writer whose work continues to be read, quoted, adapted and studied. Published in two volumes in 1880, Washington Square dramatises the plight of Catherine Sloper, a rich heiress, whose father, a successful doctor, identifies her one suitor, Morris Townsend, as a fortune-hunter. The novel thus draws on the sentimental tradition, which it develops with subtle, sympathetic irony, in a realist direction. This edition is the first to provide a full account of the context in which the book was composed and received, and to include the original illustrations by Punch-cartoonist George Du Maurier. Extensive explanatory notes enable modern readers to understand its nuanced historical, cultural and literary references, and its complex textual history.
- First scholarly edition of Washington Square
- Substantial explanatory notes provide a richer biographical and socio-historical context than ever before
- Includes all original illustrations by George Du Maurier
Product details
September 2022Hardback
9781107003897
312 pages
235 × 158 × 22 mm
0.59kg
Available
Table of Contents
- General editors' preface
- General chronology of James's life and writings
- Introduction
- Textual introduction
- Chronology of composition and production
- Bibliography
- Washington Square
- Glossary of foreign words and phrases
- Notes
- Textual variants
- List of emendations
- Appendices.
