Name: The Tragic Muse
SKU: 60589574
Price: 38.68 EUR
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Author: James, Henry
ISBN: 9781985376601

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Author

Henry James

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

722

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x3.7 cm

Weight

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9781985376601

Synopsis "The Tragic Muse"

The Tragic Muse, novel by Henry James, published serially in The Atlantic Monthly from 1889 to 1890 and in book form in 1890. This study of the conflict between the demands of art and those of the "real world" is set in London and Paris in the 1880s. Nicholas Dormer, an Englishman, gives up a career in Parliament and marriage to a beautiful, wealthy woman to become a portrait painter. He is encouraged by his actress friend Miriam Rooth, the "tragic muse" of the title. Although by the end of the novel Nicholas has still not achieved his goal, James implies that he made the right decision in choosing to live at a higher level of consciousness, whether or not he achieves material success. Written when James himself was suffering setbacks in his career as a playwright, the novel reflects many of the author's concerns about personal sacrifice for the sake of art.

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