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Henry James in context /
"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 e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2010]
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| Colección: | Literature in Context.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 492 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316154595 1316154599 9780511763311 051176331X 1316152952 9781316152959 1316153444 9781316153444 1316154092 9781316154090 1322067279 9781322067278 1316153347 9781316153345 1316154343 9781316154342 1316153592 9781316153598 1316153843 9781316153840 9781107456853 1107456851 |