Partial PortraitsArdent Media, 1970 - 408 páginas Partial portraits examines the work of a range of authors, such as Emerson, Eliot, Trollope, and Stevenson. It includes one of James's most famous essays, The Art of Fiction, in which he argues that writers should not be limited in their subject matter, and that the only obligation a writer has is to make the work interesting. |
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EMERSON | 1 |
THE LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT | 37 |
A CONVERSATION | 65 |
ANTHONY TROLLOPE | 97 |
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON | 137 |
MISS WOOLSON | 177 |
ALPHONSE DAUDET | 195 |
GUY DE MAUPASSANT | 243 |
IVAN TURGÉNIEFF | 291 |
GEORGE DU MAURIER | 327 |
THE ART OF FICTION | 375 |
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