Decadence in the late novels of Henry James / Anna Kventsel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kventsel, Anna, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

James, Henry.

James, Henry, 1843-1916.

Decadence in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 232 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James is a study of the novels of 'the major phase,' taken as a cumulative, coherently evolving corpus. Anna Kventsel addresses these novels as a finely calibrated exploration of fin-de-siecle experience, revealing how they invoke familiar Western polarizations of spirit and matter, mind and body, subject and object, in order to grapple with a psycho-cultural impasse caused by increasing rigidification of these polarities. Through detailed close readings of The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl, this significant new study presents a fresh account of late-Jamesian subjectivity.

Contents:

2 'The Historic Muse': On The Ambassadors 26

3 'The Adventure of Shipwreck': On The Wings of the Dove 57

4 'The Passions of Princes': On The Golden Bowl 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.

ISBN:

0230008275

9780230008274

OCLC:

78988828

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