Henry James and homo-erotic desire / edited by John R. Bradley ; introduction by Sheldon M. Novick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradley, John R., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

James, Henry.

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Homosexuality and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Homosexuality and literature.

Friendship in literature.

Desire in literature.

Sex in literature.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 153 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This collection of essays represents the first book to explore the complex influence of homosexuality on the life and fiction of Henry James. An extensive biographical introduction is complemented by an essay documenting James' friendships with younger men, which includes quotations from unpublished letters. Other subjects include the influence on James of the emergence of a specific concept of the homosexual in Victorian England and James' reactions to the aesthetic movement. New, often radical, perspectives on stories from all phases of James' career are also included.

Contents:

James amongst the aesthetes / Richard Ellmann

Henry James's permanent adolescence / John R. Bradley

Art of friendship in Roderick Hudson / Gregory Woods

Exchange of gifts in The American / Cheryl B. Torsney

Failed heterosexuality in The Portrait of a Lady / Robert K. Martin

World of female friendship / David Van Leer

Homo-erotic desire in the tales of writers and artists / Leland S. Person

Dearly beloved friends / Susan E. Gunter and Steven H. Jobe

Renunciations in James's late novels / Nicolas Buchele

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312217641

OCLC:

39307288