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The American / Henry James ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Adrian Poole. - Wydanie 1. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. - 400 stron ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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James, Henry (1843-1916). Poole, Adrian (1948- ).

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During a trip to Europe, Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman, asks the charming Claire de Cintré to be his wife. To his dismay, he receives an icy reception from the heads of her family, who find Newman to be a vulgar example of the American privileged class. Brilliantly combining elements of comedy, tragedy, romance and melodrama, this tale of thwarted desire vividly contrasts nineteenth-century American and European manners. Oxford's edition of The American, which was first published in 1877, is the only one that uses James' revised 1907 text.

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The Aspern Papers and Other Stories / Henry James ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Adrian Poole. - Wydanie 10. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. - XLIII, 212 stron ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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James, Henry (1843-1916). Poole, Adrian (1948- ).

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An American editor with an enthusiasm for the works of Jeffrey Aspern, a romantic poet of the early 19th century, goes to Venice to acquire the letters that Aspern wrote to his mistress, a Miss Bordereau, whom he called "Juliana." Under an assumed name he rents a suite in the ancient palace where she lives in poverty and seclusion with her niece, Miss Tina. He finds that the old lady is shrewd and haughty and accepts him as a lodger only to put aside money for the future of Miss Tina, a timid, unattractive spinster much in awe of her aunt. During his residence with them, the editor wins the friendship of Miss Tina, to whom he reveals his mission. Leaving Venice for a fortnight, he returns to find that Miss Bordereau has died. Miss Tina, who is clearly in love, welcomes him expectantly, but confesses that she could only give him the papers if he were "a relative." In addition to "The Aspern Papers," this collection contains "The Private Life," "The Middle Years," and "The Death of the Lion," as well as prefaces by Henry James, a chronology of his life, and editor's notes.

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What Maisie Knew / Henry James ; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Adrian Poole. - Wydanie 2. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. - XXXVI, 294 strony ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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James, Henry (1843-1916). Poole, Adrian (1948- ).

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What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. In this classic tale of the death of childhood, there is a savage comedy that owes much to Dickens. But for his portrayal of the child's capacity for intelligent `wonder', James summons all the subtlety he devotes elsewhere to his most celebrated adult protagonists. Neglected and exploited by everyone around her, Maisie inspires James to dwell with extraordinary acuteness on the things that may pass between adult and child. In addition to a new introduction, this edition of the novel offers particularly detailed notes, bibliography, and a list of variant readings.

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Tragedy : A Very Short Introduction / Adrian Poole. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - XII, 147 stron : ilustracje ; 18 cm.

(Very Short Introduction ; 131)

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Poole, Adrian (1948- ).

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Index s. 141-147.

What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philosophers, politicians and journalists over the last two and a half millennia? Why do we still read, re-write, and stage these old plays? This book argues for the continuities between 'then' and 'now'. Addressing questions about belief, blame, mourning, revenge, pain, witnessing, timing and ending, Adrian Poole demonstrates the age-old significance of our attempts to make sense of terrible suffering.

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