I am reading James's The Other House at the moment! I knew about his friendship with Jewett, but not in such happy detail.
I love The Country of the Pointed Firs, as well as Jewett's indelible story "The White Heron," which I had to read the first time sophomore year of college I think. A walk in any woods will usually bring the last lines of that story back to me like a spell. Firs is a strange wonderful book depicting a world as if of its own making.
So Cohen thinks James would have disappointed Cather's hopes as a writer? I wonder why? And if it would have been true? Cather seems sure of her own way in a way.
A Chance Meeting is a wonderful book, and this is a great selection. James losing the muzzle, looking for another, and eating ten cakes: perfect.
Wonderful asides on American writers and their community.
I am reading James's The Other House at the moment! I knew about his friendship with Jewett, but not in such happy detail.
I love The Country of the Pointed Firs, as well as Jewett's indelible story "The White Heron," which I had to read the first time sophomore year of college I think. A walk in any woods will usually bring the last lines of that story back to me like a spell. Firs is a strange wonderful book depicting a world as if of its own making.
So Cohen thinks James would have disappointed Cather's hopes as a writer? I wonder why? And if it would have been true? Cather seems sure of her own way in a way.