Further reading: The basic account is Ralph Barton Perrys The Thought and Character of William James (2 vols., Harvard U. Press), of which there is a good one-volume abridgement (Braziller). See also: Jacques Barzun, A Stroll with William James; C.H. Grattan, The Three Jameses; Gay Wilson Allen, William James; G. Santayanas chapter on James in Character and Opinion in the United States; R.B. Perry, In the Spirit of William James. The Letters of William James have been edited by his son Henry in two volumes; and his brother, Henry, offers Notes of a Son and Brother. For the family life of William and Henry, see Alfred Habegger, The Father: A Life of Henry James Sr., and R.W.B. Lewis, The James, A Family Narrative.
Henry James—The Ambassadors: Many editions; the Riverside is edited by Leon Edel, the master of James scholarship. Penguin has a Portable Henry James. Perennial offers Great Short Works. The Library of America publishes nearly ali of the important novйis, travei writings, criticism, and stories in nine big volumes. If you're hooked on Henry James, try The Complete Notebooks of Henry James, ed. Leon Edel and Lyall H. Powers (Oxford U. Press). U. of Nebraska Press is about to begin publishing the Complete Letters.
Further reading: One of the great biographies of our time is Leon EdePs The Life of Henry James (5 vols.). For the best commentator on Henry James, see his own The Art of the Novel. Other excellent studies: F.W. Dupee, Henry James; F.O. Matthiessen, Henry James: The Major Phase and The James Family: A Group Biography ;
Edmund Wilson in The Triple Thinkers; Gordon Pirie, Henry James; F.R. Leavis, The Great Tradition; Fred Kaplan, Henry James: The Imagination of Genius. Sheldon M. Novick, in Henry James: The Young Master, makes the controversial claim that James was actively homosexual. See also a study of The Princess Casamassima in Lionel Trillings highly recommended The Liberal Imagination.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche—Thus Spake Zarathustra is in Penguin, and you may find other editions. Beyond Good and Eviclass="underline" Gateway, Penguin, Random. The Birth of Tragedy (with The Genealogy of Morais): Anchor. Penguin has a Portable Nietzsche and also a Nietzsche Reader.
Further reading: Walter Kaufmann's Nietzsche: Philosopher Psychologist, Antichrist is a learned work defending Nietzsche against the kind of charges made by such critics as Bertrand Russell. See also: Ronald Hayman, Nietzsche: A Criticai Life; Richard Schacht, Nietzsche; Karl Jaspers, Nietzsche; Janko Lavrin, Nietzsche: A Biographical Introduction; Nietzsche Reader; Alexander Nehamas, Nietzsche: Life as Literature; Robert C. Holub, Friedrich Nietzsche; Heinz F. Peters, Zarathustra s Sister: The Case of Elizabeth and Friedrich Nietzsche.
Sigmund Freud—The Freud bibliography, for he was a prolific writer, is a bit intimidating. Some important works are available only hardbound; Norton publishes the multivolume Standard Edition of the complete works. Here are some recommended paperbacks: General Selection from the Works of Sigmund Freud (Anchor); Civilization and Its Discontents (Norton); General Psychological Theory (Collier); Interpretation of Dreams (Avon); New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (Norton); Psychopathology ofEveryday Life (Norton, Mentor); Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Dutton).
Further reading: The standard biography, a classic, is Ernest Jones's Life and Works of Sigmund Freud (3 vols.). Basic Books also has this in an abridged edition edited by Lionel Trilling and Steven Marcus. In An Autobiographical Study Freud himself offers a brief account. See also: Peter Gay, Freud: A Life for Our Time; Philip Rieff, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist; Ralph Steadman, Sigmund Freud; Lionel Trilling, Freud and the Crisis of Our Time; R.W. Clark, Freud: The Man and the Cause. A tren- chant critique of the Freudian position is Jeffrey Masson, Final Analysis: The Making and Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst.
George Bernard Shaw—Bernard Shaw's Plays (Norton), Four Plays by Shaw (Dell), and Plays Unpleasant (Penguin) will collec- tively provide you with eleven of the best plays. In separate volumes Penguin offers Androcles, The Apple Cart, Arms and the Man, Caesar and Cleopatra, Candida, The DeviVs Disciple,
Heartbreak House, Major Barbara, Man and Superman, The Millionairess, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, and Selected One-Act Plays. Oxford offers Back to Methusaleh in hardcover, as Hill and Wang does for The Quintessence of Ibsenism. There are many other eas- ily procurable editions.
Further reading: For an interesting collection of essays by vari- ous hands try Louis Kronenberger, ed., G.B. Shaw: A Criticai Survey. Other perspectives: Eric Bentley's Bernard Shaw; G.K. Chesterton's George Bernard Shaw; and Hesketh Pearson, George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Personality. See also: Michael Holroyd, The Genius of Shaw; J.F. Matthews, George Bernard Shaw.
Joseph Conrad—Nostromo: Signet, Penguin, Everyman, and Modern Library offer good editions. Many critics rate Lord Jim above Nostromo. It's available in Penguin, Airmont, Riverside, and other editions. Try also The Secret Agent (Anchor); Heart of Darkness (with The Secret Sharer) (Signet); Nigger of the Narcissus, Typhoon, and Other Stories (Penguin).
Further reading: Two standard lives are Jocelyn Baines's Joseph Conrad: A Criticai Biography; and F.R. Karl's Joseph Conrad. The Three Lives. See also: B.C. Meyer, Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytical Biography; Leo Gurko, Joseph Conrad: Giant in Exile; Zdzislaw Najder, Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle; G. Jean-Aubry, Sea-Dreamer, A Definitive Biography of Joseph Conrad; A.J. Guйrard, Conrad the Novelist; F.R. Leavis, The Great Tradition; E.M. Forster, "Joseph Conrad: A Note" in Бbinger Harvest.
Anton Chekhov—The handiest edition of the complete plays is in the Penguin Classics series, translated and introduced by Elisaveta Fen. Another good paperback is Plays and Letters, 1884-1Q04 (Norton). His short stories have appeared in a bewil- dering profusion of editions. See representative volumes: Anton Chekhov: Selected Stories, tr. Ann Dunnigan (Signet Classics); Ward Six and Other Stories, tr. Ann Dunnigan (Signet Classics); Peasants and Other Stories, selected and with a preface by Edmund Wilson (Doubleday Anchor). Ecco Press has issued in paperback twelve volumes of The Tales of Anton Chekhov, using the classic version by Constance Garnett.