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The Art of the Critic

The Art of the Critic

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·May 29, 2025
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billfruit

At one time, reading Henry James(and a few others) was considered one of the pleasures of being an Adult. Perhaps because he so analysed people and their actions in a complex worldly-wise manner. Perhaps in a manner in which one would analyze one's own life.

People making life choices makes for the most riveting novels.

I'm guessing he's not that popular presently.

cafard

Considering the disappointing sales of the New York Edition, I wonder whether he was ever that popular.

I find the earlier work much more readable than the later. John Lukacs quotes somebody's quip about James's manners: James the First, James the Second, the Old Pretender.

nyeah

Alternate explanation: Dickens was pretty good but sometimes a critic, even Henry James, is just someone who doesn't like stuff.

IANAEM, I am not an English major.

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