LIBRARY NOTES
 
James Kraft
Henry James' The Ambassadors
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Whitridge Room; $50 for all four sessions (recommended); $15 per session
The Ambassadors, Henry James' second major novel from the start of the 20th century, is widely considered the most delightful of the three, with its story of a wealthy American widow sending ambassadors - including her own potential suitor - to rescue her son from what appears to be an unsavory relationship with a French woman. Out of the confusion in sophisticated Paris, the characters learn what it might mean to live deeply and well, to accept life's challenges and difficulties with grace, and to experience the moral possibilities in life as not always, nor at best, bound by rules.
The four sessions are on:
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
- Wednesday, April 7, 2010 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
- Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
- Wednesday, June 9, 2010 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
James Kraft has taught at the University of Virginia, Université Laval, and Wesleyan University. He has written a critical study of the early tales of Henry James, written a biography and edited a five-volume edition of the work of the poet Witter Bynner, and published many articles on American and Canadian literature.
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