Ben Jackson
Well-known member
Concerning Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren Profession, the Nobel Committee considered the dramatic piece "through its subject frankly scandalous act," and that "Shaw actually fails considerably, however efficient in pathos, Shaw's characterization's (in his literary career) has been perverse." The Committee's assessment "was that Shaw's work was full of vigor and brutal," which has made the recommendation for the Prize inconceivable.
The Committee considered Henry James' Portrait of a Lady:
A rational work with Isabel Archer, which with known perfection, equipped with heroine look with little keen-sighted people, after the excellent Lord Warburton and selfish and amateur Osmond. The minute analysis of the soul, which becomes outspread in minor details, becomes tiring.
And Wings of a Dove:
Likewise, he has built an improbable and abominable motif. And that the lack of concentration in James work shows. For a writer with genius of a Walter Scott, have elegant style but fairly tiresome.
For those who have read James Portrait of Lady, how do you rate the novel? Do you think it's deserves it's reputation as one of the greatest novels? Do you agree with the Nobel Committee that its tiresome and tedious? Do you think the novel, been a 19th Century novel, is still appealing to modern readers? I haven't read this work, so I'm curious.
The Committee considered Henry James' Portrait of a Lady:
A rational work with Isabel Archer, which with known perfection, equipped with heroine look with little keen-sighted people, after the excellent Lord Warburton and selfish and amateur Osmond. The minute analysis of the soul, which becomes outspread in minor details, becomes tiring.
And Wings of a Dove:
Likewise, he has built an improbable and abominable motif. And that the lack of concentration in James work shows. For a writer with genius of a Walter Scott, have elegant style but fairly tiresome.
For those who have read James Portrait of Lady, how do you rate the novel? Do you think it's deserves it's reputation as one of the greatest novels? Do you agree with the Nobel Committee that its tiresome and tedious? Do you think the novel, been a 19th Century novel, is still appealing to modern readers? I haven't read this work, so I'm curious.