Roderick Hudson

Roderick Hudson
Roderick Hudson
Auteur Henry James
Genre roman
Version originale
Titre original Roderick Hudson
Éditeur original James R. Osgood and Company
Langue originale anglais
Pays d'origine États-Unis
Lieu de parution original Boston
Date de parution originale 1875
Version française
Chronologie
Le Regard aux aguets
L'Américain

Roderick Hudson est le deuxième roman d'Henry James, il fut d'abord publié sous forme de feuilleton dans l’Atlantic Monthly à partir de janvier 1875, puis fin 1875 sous forme de livre.

Synopsis

Roderick Hudson, jeune et prometteur sculpteur de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, est emmené à Rome par son ami Rowland Mallet, afin qu'il y poursuive ses études. Il donne très vite des preuves de son génie. Destiné depuis toujours à épouser sa cousine Mary Garland, il tombe cependant amoureux d'une romaine fort belle et finalement inaccessible. Consumé par sa passion, il cesse de créer: sa déchéance est rapide.

Personnages principaux

  • Rowland Mallet
  • Cecilia, cousine de Rowland. Elle est la veuve d'un neveu du père de Rowland. Elle a perdu sa fortune et vit à Northampton.
  • Roderick Hudson, étudiant en droit à Northampton, sculpteur par loisir.
  • Mrs Hudson, la mère de Roderick.
  • Stephen Hudson, le frère de Roderick.
  • Miss Mary Garland

Allusions à d'autres œuvres

Le livre mentionne les œuvres et écrivains suivants :

Les artistes et œuvres d'art : Domenico Ghirlandaio, Sandro Botticelli, Guercino, Michel-Ange, Titien, Paul Véronèse, Antonio Canova, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Fra Angelico, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Pinturicchio, le Gaulois mourant, Raphaël, Gian Lorenzo Bernini

L'opéra mentionné est Mignon.


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