by Bryan | Nov 28, 2011 | Books, Film, Writing New York
Three endings to the same story. First, the ending to William Wyler’s film The Heiress, adapted by Ruth and Augustus Goetz from their own 1947 stage adaptation of James
by Bryan | Feb 22, 2011 | Books, Writing New York
Our Writing New York class is currently reading James’s novel Washington Square. In all the years we’ve read and talked about this book, we’ve never managed to do much with James’s later piece of writing about his childhood home, “New...
by Bryan | Feb 23, 2010 | Books, Writing New York
The novel, that is, not the Park itself. If you’re interested in finding out more about the Park, past and present, we recommend exploring the archives of this excellent blog. My initial impulse in teaching James’s novel has always been to take the title...
by Bryan | Feb 24, 2009 | Books, Neighborhood Scenes, Teaching, Writing New York
(Note: Updated w/ pictures and links) As Cyrus noted yesterday, and as Meg indicated in her lecture to our students on Monday, we take the setting for James’s Washington Square to be anything but incidental. To push that point a little harder I want to offer a...
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