The Textual Appendix includes notes on the novel’s textual history and lists all substantive
revisions that James made to the novel both in 1902 and in1909. The Author and the Novel
introduced by editorial commentary and new to the Second Edition includes selections from
James’s notebooks letters travel books and autobiographical writings which illuminate his
conception and assessment of The Wings of the Dove. Criticism reflects the lively interpretive
and theoretical writing that The Wings of the Dove has enjoyed since the previous edition was
published in 1978. Eleven essays are included seven of them new to the Second Edition
including Anthony J. Mazzella’s piece on film adaptation. A Chronology and Selected
Bibliography are also included.
