New Essays on 'The Portrait of a Lady'

The Portrait of a Lady is arguably Henry James's most appealing and accessible novel. The introduction to this volume of specially written essays, first published in 1990, situates the novel in its cultural and historical context: its treatment of a modern woman 'affronting' her destiny, its relation to the contemporary controversy over 'morality' in fiction, its use of an Italian setting, and its late nineteenth century elegiac mood. It also discusses James's revisions of the novel and his late Preface. The essays that follow deal with the place of Portrait in the tradition of modern narrative, its relation to popular women's fiction on the question of marriage, the influence of James's 'family romance' and his brother William, and the character of Isabel Archer seen from a psychoanalytic point of view.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface; A note on the text; 1. Introduction: The Portrait of a Lady and 'felt life' Joel Porte; 2. The Portrait of a Lady and modern narrative Donatella Izzo; 3. The fatherless heroine and the filial son: deep background for The Portrait of a Lady Alfred Habegger; 4. The portrait of a lack William Veeder; 5. Frail vessels and vast designs: a psychoanalytic portrait of Isabel Archer Beth Sharon Ash; Selected bibliography.

Zusammenfassung

The Portrait of a Lady is arguably Henry James's most appealing and accessible novel. The introduction to this volume of specially written essays, first published in 1990, situates the novel in its cultural and historical context and discusses the important revisions which James later made to the text.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Emory Elliot (Herausgeber), Joel Porte (Herausgeber), Porte Joel (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.01.1990
• EAN: 9780521345088
• ISBN: 978-0-521-34508-8
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 11 mm
• Gewicht: 360 g
• Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
• Serien: Lse Monographs in Internationa; The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form