Henry James and the Philosophical Novel

Henry James and the Philosophical Novel examines James's unique position as a philosophical novelist.

Summary

Henry James and the Philosophical Novel examines James's unique position as a philosophical novelist. The book offers a detailed consideration of story-telling as a mode of philosophical enquiry, showing how a range of distinguished thinkers have relied on fictional narrative as a vital technique for formulating and clarifying their ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Merle A. Williams, Williams Merle A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 15.03.2011
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9780521431101
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43110-1
• Pages: 262
• Dimensions (packing): 15.7 x 23.5 x 2 cm
• Weight (packing): 581 g
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form