The American author Henry James (1843-1916) was one of the major novelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works deal largely with the impact of Europe and its society on Americans. Henry James, the son of a theologian and the brother of t...
The first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left a fortune of $3 million (based on salt, tobacco, real estate, and pu...
The first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left a fortune of $3 million (based on salt, tobacco, real estate, and pu...
The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships...
FILM Watering down classic works for the popcorn-munching masses is always problematic. But the latest Merchant Ivory production, THE GOLDEN BOWL, based on the novel by Henry James, presents a special case. It may be ill-conceived, disastrously miscast and often downright silly (more Slaves...
Everybody from Judy Garland to the Beatles has played there-but since the 1920s, the Hollywood Bowl has also been one of the city's richest venues for opera and symphony concerts Carol Merrill-Mirsky, director and curator of the Hollywood Bowl Museum, enjoys the random...
Yikes! Yelp! Screech! Ka-BLOOEY! The city lurches back into full swing, with galas, benefits and socialite Lydia Hearst—who recently told The Observer she sees herself as a “Hemingway type”—launching a Holiday Bag for PUMA party at 60 Thompson! Then salt your baguettes, fellas, it’s...
