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18 de oct. de 2006 · The altar of the dead by James, Henry, 1843-1916. Publication date 1915 Publisher London, Martin Secker Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English [73] p. 17 cm Addeddate 2006-10-18 16:55:20 Call number srlf_ucla:LAGE-5176150
1 de sept. de 2010 · Explore timeless questions about spirituality, love, remembrance, and mortality with this tale from the pen of Henry James, a master of psychological suspense fiction. The two protagonists featured in "The Altar of the Dead" have dedicated their lives to remembering those who have passed on from this world, but find that honoring the dead can make living one's own life to the fullest a challenge.
“I set up my altar, with its multiplied meanings,” Stransom began; but she quietly interrupted him. “You set up your altar, and when I wanted one most I found it magnificently ready. I used it with the gratitude I’ve always shown you, for I knew it from of old to be dedicated to Death. I told you long ago that my Dead weren’t many.
James’s major fiction (the bulk of his novels and some two dozen of the tales, including “The Altar of the Dead”) is dominated by the device of the secret. Diane Arbus’s famous remark ...
Now they had really, his Dead, something that was indefensibly theirs; and he liked to think that they might in cases be the Dead of others, as well as that the Dead of others might be invoked there under the protection of what he had done. Whoever bent a knee on the carpet he had laid down appeared to him to act in the spirit of his intention.
A masterful exploration of one's duty to the memory of the dead, 'The Altar of the Dead' stands amongst Henry James' most poignant and introspective works. Crafted with the meticulous psychological depth characteristic of James' literary style, the novella delves into the pervasive preoccupation with mortality and remembrance. Enriched with Jamesian ambiguity, it unfurls within the subtle ...
29 de sept. de 2022 · Inside: An overview of a Day of the Dead altar, and what each element in an ofrenda means. Day of the Dead welcomes the temporary return of souls from the afterlife, during November 1 and 2. Dí de Muertos is mainly known as a Mexican holiday, but versions of it are celebrated across most of Latin America.. The holiday is an intimate time to pause and remember those who have passed on, while ...
