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Letters to Hendrik C. Andersen, 1899-1915
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Already the subject of articles in the International Herald Tribune and the London Times, Beloved Boy is a remarkable collection of letters tracing Henry James's fascination with and enduring devotion to a young, Norwegian-American artist. James was already 56 when, visiting Rome in 1899, he was introduced to the 27-year-old Hendrik Andersen. In an uncanny instance of life imitating art, Andersen bore an unmistakable resemblance to the title character of James's 1875 novel Roderick Hudson - a figure who, like Andersen, was a young sculptor venturing into life as an expatriate in Italy. Although his initial meeting with Andersen was brief, James was deeply moved by the young man. He wrote to Andersen almost immediately after his return to his Sussex home, and remained a faithful correspondent until his own death in 1915. The two men met on only seven occasions, and never for more than a few days, so their friendship was almost entirely epistolary. The letters assembled here, nearly half of which are previously unpublished, exhibit a voice decidedly more vulnerable than that which we usually associate with James. They also shed new light on the writer's homoerotic leanings, as he app

Author Biography:

Rosella Mamoli Zorzi is Chair of the American Studies program at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Millicent Bell is Professor of English Emerita at Boston University. Elena di Majo is Director of the Hendrik C. Andersen Museum in Rome.
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May 30th, 2004
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  • General (US: Trade)
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  • Introduction by Millicent Bell
  • Volume editor Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
Illustrations
11 b&w illustrations
Pages
224
Dimensions
140x216x19
ISBN-13
9780813922706
Product ID
7687015

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