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Beloved boy : letters to Hendrik C. Andersen, 1899-1915
- Author
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Preferred Title
- Amato ragazzo. English
- Title
- Beloved boy : letters to Hendrik C. Andersen, 1899-1915 / Henry James ; edited by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi ; introduction to the English-Language edition by Millicent Bell.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Charlotesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, 2004
- Description
- lviii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Italian.
- Summary
- "'Beloved Boy' is a 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 twenty-seven-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."
- Subject headings
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence.