Henry James and narrative meaning -- "Daisy Miller" and Washington square -- Isabel Archer and the Affronting of plot -- Determinate plot : the Bostonians -- Determinate plot : Princess Casamassima -- "Aspern papers" : the unvisitable past -- Disengagement from "Things" : the Spoils of Poynton -- "Turn of the screw" -- Language of silence : what Maisie knew -- Inaccessible future : "the Beast in the jungle" -- Presence of potentiality : "the Jolly corner" -- Wings of the dove -- Ambassadors
Analysis
English fiction
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-377) and index