Henry James and the Father Question

Andrew Taylor explores the intellectual relationship between Henry James and his father.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; Note on brief titles; Introduction: the nature of inheritance; 1. Autobiography and the writing of significance; 2. Reading the 'man without a handle': Emerson and the construction of a partial portrait; 3. 'Under certain circumstances': Jamesian reflections on the fall; 4. Doing 'public justice': New England reform and The Bostonians; 5. Breaking the mould; Conclusion: 'the imminence of a transformation scene'; Notes; Index.

About the author

Originally from Liverpool, Andrew Taylor now teaches at Nottingham Trent University. He is the author of four collections of poetry from Shearsman Books, and over a dozen with other publishers. He has published a critical volume on Adrian Henri, and is now at work one a monograph on the work of Peter Finch, whose Collected Poems he edited for Seren.

Summary

The intellectual relationship between Henry James and his father proved to be an influential resource for the novelist. Taylor examines the nature of both men's engagement with autobiographical strategies, issues of gender reform, and the language of religion.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Taylor
• Assisted by: Albert Gelpi (Editor), Ross Posnock (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780521807227
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80722-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 555 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies