Tag: Henry James

• Notes on My Novel

  Tamper strives to balance mainstream storytelling with some of the more modern conventions, sometimes called meta-fiction, without alienating fans of either style. This gives fans of both meta-fiction and mainstream fiction something to talk about. To borrow a phrase from Cory Doctorow, it “brings more people into the tent.”  In his book, The Modern Weird…

  Bill Ectric

  March 7, 2009

  Henry James, mainstream fiction, metafiction, S. T. Joshi, Sleepy Hollow, Tamper, Thomas Ligotti, Thomas Tryon, Washington Irving, Weird Tales, writing, writing tips

• Henry James Kickin’ It in New York

  Above: Map of Manhattan with Henry James, Sr & Jr,  The Village, Levi Asher The following is an excerpt from Fred Kaplan’s book Henry James: The Imagination of Genius… “Henry junior remembered voyages northward from New York City on the newly built Hudson River Railroad, whose construction he and his friends celebrated with frequent treks…

  Bill Ectric

  March 5, 2009

  Fred Kaplan, Henry James, levi asher, New York, Union College, Union Square

• Adrian Dover Hosts a Top-Notch Henry James Salon

  Black & white photos are from the movie The Innocents (1961, 20th Century Fox), based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I’ve discovered a ripping fun new playground!  It’s a website dedicated to Henry James called The Ladder, created by Adrian Dover. The following is an excerpt from Mr. Dover’s introduction to the site: “The…

  Bill Ectric

  February 21, 2009

  Adrian Dover, Daisy Miller, Henry James, The Ladder, The Turn of the Screw, Washington Square