Blackport-on-Dwindle - 'all granite, fog and female fiction' - has
been the Gedges' dull hometown for some years. They leap,
therefore, at the invitation to become the live-in guardians of the
birthplace of the nation's literary hero. Anticipating romance and
inspiration - all that has been lacking in their lives to date -
they find, instead, that the house casts an altogether more
sinister spell. In The Birthplace, James displays his eye for
character and a wry appreciation of pretension and the absurd. As
is famously recorded, James doubted Shakespeare's authorship of the
plays ascribed to him and The Birthplace illustrates his cynical
attitude towards the cult of the Bard and the visitor industry that
it had engendered. The Birthplace is published here alongside The
Private Life, another little-known work in which James again
considers the relevance of the artist's persona - a theme with
continued relevance in literature and the arts.
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