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Henry James and sexuality / Hugh Stevens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevens, Hugh, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
- James, Henry.
- Homosexuality and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Psychological fiction, American.
- Sex (Psychology) in literature.
- Gender identity in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Desire in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Henry James & Sexuality
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Henry James and Sexuality, Hugh Stevens argues for a new interpretation of James's fiction. Stevens argues that James's writing contains daring and radical representations of transgressive desires and marginalized sexual identities. He demonstrates the importance of incestuous desire, masochistic fantasy, and same-sex passions in a body of fiction which ostensibly conforms to, while ironically mocking, the contemporary moral and publishing codes James faced. James critiques the very notion of sexual identity, and depicts the radical play of desires which exceed and disrupt any stable construction of identity. In a number of his major novels and tales, Stevens argues, James anticipates the main features of modern 'gay' or 'queer' fiction through plots and narrative strategies, which opposes heterosexual marriage and homo-erotic friendship. This original and exciting work will transform our understanding of this most enigmatic of writers.
- Contents:
- Henry James and the language of sex
- Gender and representation in The wings of the dove
- Sexuality and the aesthetic in The golden bowl
- The eroticism of prohibition : masochism and the law in Roderick Hudson
- Queer plotting : The Bostonians and The Princess Casamassima
- James's late short fiction and the spectacle of modern homosexuality
- Suicide and blackmail : James's "poor sensitive gentlemen"
- Conclusion : "that queer monster the artist."
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-511-58311-7
- 0-511-00495-8
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