Comments on: Henry James’s Epistolary Style: Quote of the Day #11 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-608 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:26:55 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-608 Good point. Just in case there’s any doubt: James is one of my gods. He’s the only author whose haunts I try to go by whenever I’m near one: So far, I’ve ticked off Cambridge, Newport, New York, Mount Vernon Street on Beacon Hill, and his Half-Moon Street address in Mayfair in London … never been to Rome, alas.

]]> By: heehler http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-606 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:28:02 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-606 Hey Jan. You meant to say he came to life in Rome, not Italy. But beyond that, the quote was meant to counter the obligatory charge of flowered prose. That is to say, if James could be admired by Hemingway — of all writers, then who are we to disagree?

Tom

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-604 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:04:15 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-604 A much appreciated comment. I wrote a lot about the Newbery Medal because it seemed that so many people were yanking the word “scrotum” out of context instead of looking at the whole book, including all of its merits and demerits. But to do “The Higher Power of Lucky Posts” posts, I had to put off writing about other books or authors I love, including James. Glad to know I haven’t driven you away. The National Book Critics Circle awards are being announced this week, and part of me is praying for the most noncontroversial list of winners the group has ever announced. The finalists list appears on the NBCC site, http://www.bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/, Critical Mass.

]]> By: kinderny http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-603 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:35 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-603 I enjoyed your Higher Powere of Lucky posts- as I did this one. I just like talking about books….

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-600 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:32:15 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-600 Amusing quote (and one I hadn’t heard). But James would disagree, don’t you think? He believed he came to life in Italy. In the old two-volume Percy Lubbock-edited edition of his letters, James writes of walking around Rome thinking, “At last, I live!” (The puncuation in that may not be exact, but the sentiment is.) Or does that just prove Hemingway’s point?
Jan

]]> By: heehler http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-599 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:23:58 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/07/henry-jamess-epistolary-style-quote-of-the-day-11/#comment-599 Pretty soon I will have to throw this away so I better try to be calm like Henry James. Did you ever read Henry James? He was a great writer who came to Venice and looked out the window and smoked his cigar and thought.”
E. Hemingway

Tom Heehler

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