The grasping imagination : the American writings of Henry James /

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There has been almost no study of the American writings of Henry James, that is, the fiction, essays, and travel literature with an American setting. The great bulk of Jamesian criticism deals with the international novels, particularly his late works. This study places James's career in a new...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buitenhuis, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1973, ©1970.
Temas:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
James > Henry.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Critique et interprétation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Civil War and Harvard's Tented Field
  • 2. Literary Influences
  • All the Breezes of the West
  • 3. The Hawthorne Aspect
  • 4. Transatlantic Trials
  • 5. A Certain Form. Watch and Ward
  • 6. Experiment and Decision The Attempt to Be an American Artist
  • 7. Comic Pastoral. The Europeans
  • 8. American Episodes and The Portrait of a Lady
  • 9. Points of View
  • 10. Evasive Boston and Threadbare Internationalism
  • 11. A Very American Tale The Bostonians
  • 12. English Years and American Letters
  • 13. The Restless Analyst of the American Scene
  • 14. Undiscovered America
  • 15. In the Finer Grain
  • 16. The Fresh Start and the Broken Link. The Ivory Tower
  • 17. The Obstinate Finality
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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