Henry James's passion for Italy led him to visit the country 14 times and to set much of his best-known fiction there. This edition of his Italian Essays sets o... » 

Henry James's passion for Italy led him to visit the country 14 times and to set much of his best-known fiction there. This edition of his Italian Essays sets out to establish their historical, political, literary and artistic context, and to help envision the Italy that fascinated Henry James. «