Research Catalog

Title

Reading Henry James : a critical perspective on selected works / George Monteiro.

Author

Monteiro, George

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Details

Description

vi, 179 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Henry James has been championed as an historian of social conscience and attacked as a spokesman for social privilege. His Americanness has been questioned by nativists and defended by Brahmins. An acknowledged master in his final years, James' narrow readership has dwindled in the century since his death. This book examines allusions, sources and affinities in James' vast body of work to interpret his literary intentions. Chapters provide close analysis of Daisy Miller, The American, The Beast in the Jungle and The Wings of the Dove."--

Subject

James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"The manuscript" -- "The Californian" -- "Madame Merle" -- "Fathers and sons" -- "Lessons of Browning" -- "The destructive self" -- "Portraits of friends" -- "Artifice in "The real thing"" -- "The pupil" rejected" -- "New Christians and "The liar"" -- "The Poynton marbles" -- "The Caretaker" -- "Figure in the carpet" -- "Identity theft" -- "Great white hunter" -- "The example of late James" -- "Quest for truth" -- "The spirited daisy" -- "The wings of doves" -- "Innocence or experience" -- "Fathers and daughters" -- "The double bind" -- Chapter notes.

Call Number

JFE 16-8268

ISBN

• 9781476665856
• 1476665850

LCCN

2016014419

OCLC

933590625

Author

Monteiro, George, author.

Title

Reading Henry James : a critical perspective on selected works / George Monteiro.

Publisher

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-8268