{"product_id":"henry-james-framed-9781496231628","title":"Henry James Framed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry James Framed is a cultural history of Henry James as a work of art, having sat for his portrait twenty-four times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHenry James Framed\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully produced book.\"—Daniel A. Burr, \u003ci\u003eGay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Who knew there were so many portraits of Henry James? \u003ci\u003eHenry James Framed\u003c\/i\u003e is both an engaging catalogue of these images and a collective biography that invites us to see the artist through the eyes of some of his most visually gifted contemporaries.”—Ruth Bernard Yeazell, Sterling Professor of English at Yale University\u003cbr\u003e“In his sparkling \u003ci\u003eHenry James Framed\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Anesko takes us on a characteristically witty and civilized journey through James’s life and career—through the surprising number of likenesses (and unlikenesses) that were made of him between 1862 and 1914. Through brilliant detective work, we get a delightful, stimulating picture of the social and artistic world of this great novelist who was also an inveterate critic of art—and, as we learn, frequently its subject.”—Philip Horne, founding general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James series\u003cbr\u003e“Michael Anesko freshly and incisively illuminates Henry James’s relationships with artists, the circumstances of his sitting for portraits, the critical (and personal) reception of the finished works, and the provenance of the pieces during and after James’s life. Henry James Framed is a delight to read.”—Linda Simon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Critical Reception of Henry James: Creating a Master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This useful volume provides fascinating tales of how the portraits were received privately and in public exhibitions, as well as when and how they changed hands, were sold or bequeathed. Anesko provides well-researched tracings of the histories of these works and the stories each portrait has to tell, deploying his extensive knowledge of James’s life and writings with an incisive touch.”—Tamara Follini, general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Partial to Portraits\u003cbr\u003e 1. Uncanny Possession: The Queer Provenance of John La Farge’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. “I, Too, Am Someone Here”: The Birth of the Lion\u003cbr\u003e 3. “Yielding to the Bard’s Behest”: Paying Court in George Du Maurier’s \u003ci\u003eTwo Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. “Civilized to His Fingertips”: James’s Sargent, Sargent’s “James”\u003cbr\u003e 5. “Nicer than Most of Them”: John White Alexander’s Forgotten Illustration\u003cbr\u003e 6. In a “Cosmo de’ Medici Mood”: Larkin Goldsmith Mead’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. “Making Quite a Reputation”: The “Theatrical Manner” of Paul Tilton’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. “Dear” Henry James: Anna Lea Merritt’s Lost Portrait\u003cbr\u003e 9. “A Student of \u003ci\u003eTaste\u003c\/i\u003e”: Rudolf Lehmann’s “Henry James”\u003cbr\u003e 10. “Commendably Droll”: Philip Burne Jones Paints \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. “My Own Head on the Block”: William Rothenstein’s Portraits of Henry James\u003cbr\u003e 12. “The Smooth \u0026amp; Anxious Clerical Gentleman”: Ellen Emmet’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. “Won’t It Be Fun?”: Jane Erin Emmet von Glehn’s Weekend Sketch\u003cbr\u003e 14. “Not Positively or Richly Rejoiceful”: Hendrik Christian Andersen’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. “The Profile of an Eagle”: Jacques-Émile Blanche’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16. “Too Little of the Promise”: The Favorite Nephew’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17. An “Astonishing” Economy of Means: Cecilia Beaux’s “Henry James”\u003cbr\u003e 18. “A Rather ‘Important’ Piece”: Annie Louisa Swynnerton’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 19. “Difficult, Perverse, Obscure”: John Singer Sargent’s Charcoal Portrait\u003cbr\u003e 20. “A Very Fine Thing Indeed”: John Singer Sargent’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 21. “My Aged and Battered Mug”: Derwent Wood’s Portrait Bust\u003cbr\u003e 22. “Not with the Happiest Result”: Lewis Charles Powles’s \u003ci\u003eHenry James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: A Case of Mistaken Identity\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409241219415,"sku":"9781496231628","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496231628.jpg?v=1730506104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/henry-james-framed-9781496231628","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}