Thinking in Henry James

"Thinking in Henry James" identifies what is genuinely strange and radical about James's concept of consciousness--first, the idea that it may not always be situated within this or that person but rather exists outside or "between," in some transpersonal place; and second, the idea that consciousness may have power over things and people outside the person who thinks. Examining these and other counterintuitive representations of consciousness, Cameron asks, "How do we make sense of these conceptions of thinking?"

About the author

Sharon Cameron is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at The Johns Hopkins University and author of "Writing Nature: Henry Thoreau's Journal," published by the University of Chicago Press.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Cameron, Cameron Sharon
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1991
• EAN: 9780226092317
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09231-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form