{"product_id":"9781843519461-correction-of-taste-the-on-the-late-novels-of-henry-james","title":"The Correction of Taste","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Late Fiction of Henry James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this last written work from renowned literary critic Denis Donoghue, \u003cem\u003eThe Correction of Taste \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the last three novels of the great Henry James, bringing into sharp focus the opaque depth of his illustrious body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Donoghue was alert to the idea of the unsayable, as he circled around the idea of language itself as pliable material, all the more beautiful for that and worthy of our full consideration, but yielding at times to further levels of mystery.’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom foreword by Colm Tóibín \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this last written work, the internationally renowned Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue brings an acute critical intelligence to bear on the late novels of Henry James. One of the greatest novelists in the English language, Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-British author who is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames’s\u003cem\u003e The Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/em\u003e (1881) was the central achievement of his early period. \u003cem\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/em\u003e (1898) was a high-point of Gothic literature. In \u003cem\u003eThe Correction of Taste\u003c\/em\u003e, Denis Donoghue offers a close reading of James’s final novels, taking as his starting point an observation by T.S. Eliot about the function of literary criticism. Exploring a succession of works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/em\u003e (1903), \u003cem\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/em\u003e (1902) and \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/em\u003e (1905), Donoghue brings into sharp focus the complex layers of James’s literary genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731628966262,"sku":"9781843519461","price":16.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34750895.jpg?v=1749694273","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781843519461-correction-of-taste-the-on-the-late-novels-of-henry-james","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}