Henry James Against the Aesthetic Movement

Essays on the Middle and Late Fiction

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Av David Garrett Izzo, Daniel T. O’Hara, Daniel T. O'Hara

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Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His status as a permanent outsider is responsible for the recurring themes in his writing dealing with European sophistication (decadence) compared to American lack of sophistication (or innocence). He is respected in modern times for his psychological insight, for being able to reveal his characters' deepest motivations.These 11 essays, along with an introduction and an afterword, examine James's work through the prism of the author's latest style. Topics the contributing authors address include the Henry James revival of the 1930s, three of James's male aesthetics, women in his works, literary forgery, and parallels with the career and views of Margaret Oliphant. Three essays delve into issues of representation in art and fiction, then three more explore decadence, identity and homosexuality.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-07-19
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786425785

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David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina. Daniel T. O’Hara is the first Mellon Term Professor of Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and professor of English at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author of five books and the editor or co-editor of four others.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionDANIEL T. O’HARA I. Critical ContextsThe Henry James Revival of the 1930sDAVID GARRETT IZZO II. Selective Overviews: Men and WomenThree Aesthetes in Profile: Gilbert Osmond, Mark Ambient, and Gabriel NashMAURIZIO ASCARI Killing Mothers: Decadent Women in James’s Literary TalesDONATELLA IZZO III. Contemporaneous Connections“The Master in the Middle Distance”: Max Beerbohm, Henry James and Literary ForgeryMAURIZIO ASCARI “At All Times Conspicuous as Art”: Henry James, Margaret Oliphant, and Resistance to DecadenceSOLVEIG C. ROBINSON IV. Issues of Representation: Art and FictionThe Face of Decadence in The Sacred FountSHEILA TEAHAN Figuring the Princess: The Princess Casamassima and Pater’s Mona LisaANDREA CABUS-COLDWELL On Not Representing Milly Theale: Sacrificing for Art in The Wings of the DoveMARK CONROY “The Figure in the Carpet” as an Allegory of ReadingVITTORIA INTONTI V. Decadence, Identity, and HomosexualityOn the Ladder of Social Observation: Images of Decadence and Morality in James’s Washington Square and Wilde’sAn Ideal HusbandJAMES FISHER The Importance of Being Henry James: What the Master Learned from Oscar WildeROBERT COMBS Papa, Postcards, Perfume, Phallic Keys: James, Symonds, and Late-Victorian Fictions of HomosexualitySTEPHEN DA SILVA A Pair of AfterwordsDAVID GARRETT IZZO About the Contributors Index