| Description |
xxxiv, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Life and Career, Times and Places 1. Nineteenth-century America (1843-1870) / Andrew Taylor 2. Nineteenth-century Europe (1843-1900) / Millicent Bell 3. Victorian England (1870-1890) / Priscilla L. Walton 4. Fin-de-siècle London (1890-1900) / Michael Levenson 5. The twentieth-century world (1901-1916) / Martha Banta 6. Autobiographies and biographies / Sheila Teahan 7. Letters and notebooks / Philip Horne 8. The James family / Pierre A. Walker -- Part II. Historical and Cultural Contexts 9. Aestheticism and decadence / Michèle Mendelssohn 10. Authorship / Richard Salmon 11. Children / Kevin Ohi 12. Consumer culture / Miranda El-Rayess 13. Cosmopolitanism / Jessica Berman 14. Courtship, marriage, family . / Lynn Wardley 15. Ethics / Merle A. Williams 16. Language / Elsa Nettels 17. Law / Stuart Culver 18. Manners / Mary Ann O'Farrell 19. Media and communication technologies / Mark Goble 20. Modernism / Eric Haralson 21. Money and class / June Hee Chung 22. Museums and exhibitions / Tamara L. Follini 23. Nationalism and imperialism / John Carlos Rowe 24. Print culture / Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen 25. Psychology / Sarah Blackwood 26. Race / Kenneth W. Warren 27. Realism and naturalism / Phillip Barrish 28. Sexualities and sexology / Hugh Stevens 29. Social sciences and the disciplines / Wendy Graham 30. Things / Victoria Coulson 31. Time / Deidre Lynch 32. Travel and tourism / Roslyn Jolly 33. Urbanity / Eric Savoy 34. Visual culture / Kendall Johnson 35. Women and men / Donatella Izzo 36. Work / Rory Drummond -- Part III. Reception 37. Publishing history and contemporary reception / Linda Simon 38. Critical response, 1916-1947 / Michael Anesko 39. Critical response, 1947-1985 / Jonathan Freedman 40. Recent criticism (since 1985) / Gert Buelens 41. Translation and international reception / Annick Duperray and Jeremy Tambling |
| Summary |
"Long misread as a novelist conspicuously lacking in historical consciousness, Henry James has often been viewed as detached from, and uninterested in, the social, political, and material realities of his time. As this volume demonstrates, however, James was acutely responsive not only to his era's changing attitudes toward gender, sexuality, class, and ethnicity, but also to changing conditions of literary production and reception, the rise of consumerism and mass culture, and the emergence of new technologies and media, of new apprehensions of time and space. These essays portray the author and his works in the context of the modernity that determined, formed, interested, appalled, and/or provoked his always curious mind. With contributions from an international cast of distinguished scholars, Henry James in Context provides a map of leading edge work in contemporary James studies, an invaluable reference work for students and scholars, and a blueprint for possible future directions"-- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Appreciation -- History.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Homes and haunts.
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James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Knowledge and learning.
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Civilization, Modern -- Historiography.
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Culture in literature.
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
McWhirter, David Bruce.
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| LC no. |
2010011236 |
| ISBN |
0521514614 (hardback) |
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9780521514613 (hardback) |
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