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Bibliography: The Middle Years by James, Henry

Title
The Middle Years
Author
James, Henry
Date
1917
Genre
nonfiction
Note Source
Courier 11/2/1895; Courier 10/23/1897
Note Relating to Cather

In an 1895 Courier article, Cather writes: "Well, as Henry James says, 'Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.'"

In a Courier piece on artist Charles Stanley Reinhart, Cather observes that "the 'madness of art' had bitten the boy deeply"; the quote is from James' The Middle Years.