Thinking in Henry James / Sharon Cameron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.

James, Henry.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Knowledge and learning--Psychology.

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Psychology.

Thought and thinking in literature.

Consciousness in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1989]

Summary:

"Thinking in Henry James" identifies what is genuinely strange and radical about James's concept of consciousness--first, the idea that it may not always be situated within this or that person but rather exists outside or "between," in some transpersonal place; and second, the idea that consciousness may have power over things and people outside the person who thinks. Examining these and other counterintuitive representations of consciousness, Cameron asks, "How do we make sense of these conceptions of thinking?"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0226092305

OCLC:

19263346