Henry James’s letters and why they matter

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148589953

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Henry James, Letters, Style

Resumen

“Henry James’s Letters and Why They Matter” has three parts: first, an overview of Henry James’s letters and The Complete Letters of Henry James edition; second, a discussion of strategies for representing James’s letters, with attention to the utility of plain-text style; and third, a review the importance and usefulness of James’s letters, including long-term letters series and a sudden appearance in the letters from 1889 and 1890 of the language of death and violence.

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Greg Zacharias, Creighton University

Greg W. Zacharias possui doutorado (1988), mestrado (1983) e graduação (1981) em Literatura Americana e Inglesa pela New York University. Em 1996, fundou o Center for Henry James Studies na Creighton University, em Nebraska, e, desde então, coordena o centro e a edição do projeto de publicação de The Complete Letters of Henry James.

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James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1855– 1872. Ed. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1872– 1876. Ed. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias. 3 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008–11.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1876– 1878. Ed. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012–13.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1878– 1880. Ed. Pierre A. Walker and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014–15.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1880– 1883. Ed. Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016–17.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883–1884. Ed. Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018–19.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1884– 1886. Ed. Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2020–21.

James, Henry. The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1887– 1888. Ed. Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. 2 vols. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022–23.

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Publicado

2025-10-06

Cómo citar

Zacharias, G. (2025). Henry James’s letters and why they matter. Letras, 71, e89953. https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148589953