Henry James and queer modernity / Eric Haralson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haralson, Eric L., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 133.

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

James, Henry.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation.

Hemingway, Ernest.

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Criticism and interpretation.

Stein, Gertrude.

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947--Criticism and interpretation.

Cather, Willa.

James, Henry, 1843-1916--Influence.

Homosexuality and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Homosexuality and literature.

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

Male homosexuality in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Henry James & Queer Modernity

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Henry James and Queer Modernity, first published in 2003, Eric Haralson examines far-reaching changes in gender politics and the emergence of modern male homosexuality as depicted in the writings of Henry James and three authors who were greatly influenced by him: Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. Haralson places emphasis on American masculinity as portrayed in fiction between 1875 and 1935, but the book also treats events in England, such as the Oscar Wilde trials, that had a major effect on American literature. He traces James's engagement with sexual politics from his first novels of the 1870s to his 'major phase' at the turn of the century. The second section of this study measures James's extraordinary impact on Cather's representation of 'queer' characters, Stein's theories of writing and authorship as a mode of resistance to modern sexual regulation, and Hemingway's very self-constitution as a manly American author.

Contents:

1. Indiscreet anatomies and protogay aesthetes in Roderick Hudson and The Europeans

2. The elusive queerness of "queer comrades": The Tragic Muse and "The Author of 'Beltraffio'"

3. The Turn of the Screw, or: The Dispossessed Hearts of Little Gentlemen

4. Masculinity "changed and queer" in The Ambassadors

5. Gratifying "the eternal boy in us all": Willa Cather, Henry James, and Oscar Wilde

6. "The other half is the man": the queer modern triangle of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and Henry James

Coda: "Nobody is alike Henry James." Stein, James, and queer futurity.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13346-7

1-280-16126-4

0-511-12052-4

1-139-14812-5

0-511-06483-7

0-511-05850-0

0-511-30603-2

0-511-48553-0

0-511-07329-1

OCLC:

57254085