Reconstructing Henry James: The Heiress (1949) From: Literature/Film Quarterly | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Raw, Laurence | Copyright Literature/Film Quarterly 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The presumed difficulty of adapting Henry James for the screen has preoccupied many recent critics. Susie Gibson suggests that the directors of many recent adaptations, including Washington Square (1997), have concentrated on "the irrelevant yet somehow compulsory history scene" at the expense of "narrative concentration" (Gibson 47). Philip Home rejects the idea that a Henry James film should be faithful to the book, arguing that "extreme closeness to portions of the original [text] may be d...

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