| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 256 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Introduction : the moment of Henry James / Jonathan Freedman -- Men, women, and the American way / Martha Banta -- James family theatricals : behind the scenes / Frances Wilson -- Henry James at work : the question of our texts / Philip Horne -- Henry James and the invention of novel theory / Dorothy J. Hale -- Henry James and the idea of evil / Robert Weisbuch -- Queer Henry In the Cage / Hugh Stevens -- Unmentionable subject in "The pupil" / Millicent Bell -- Realism, culture, and the place of the literary : Henry James and The Bostonians / Sara Blair -- Lambert Strether's excellent adventure / Eric Haralson -- James's elusive Wings / William Stowe -- Henry James's American Dream in The Golden Bowl / Margery Sabin -- Affirming the alien : the pragmatist pluralism of The American scene / Ross Posnock |
| Summary |
The Cambridge Companion to Henry James provides a critical introduction to Henry James' life and work. Throughout the major critical shifts of the last fifty years, and despite suspicions of the traditional high literary culture which was James' milieu, he has retained a powerful hold on readers and critics alike. All the major works by the author of Washington Square, Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of a Dove, The Bostonians, and The Golden Bowl are examined. A number of key concepts including gender, sexuality, realism, pluralism, culture, and novel theory are also explored |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
James, Henry, 1843-1916. fast (OCoLC)fst00028686 |
| Subject |
American Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Freedman, Jonathan, 1954-
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| ISBN |
1139000357 |
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9781139000352 |
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(pbk.) |
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(pbk.) |
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