Figure of Consciousness - William James, Henry James and Edith Wharton

Through analysis of metaphors of consciousness in the philosophy and fiction of William James, Henry James and Edith Wharton, this work traces the significance of representations of knowledge, gender and social class, revealing how writers conceived of the self in modern literature.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Studies in Nature and Interiors: The Discourse of Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century Science; Chapter 2 Contesting Metaphors and the Discourse of Consciousness in William James; Chapter 3 The Structure of Consciousness: Henry James's Portrait of a Lady and the Drama of Social Relations; Chapter 4 Relations, Receptacles and Worlds of Experience: Gendered Metaphors and The Golden Bowl; Chapter 5 Designing Our Interiors: Self-Consciousness and Social Awareness in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth; Chapter 6 The Price of a Conscious Self in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence;

About the author

Jill M. Kress earned her Ph.D. (1998) from the University of Rochester. Currently she teaches American literature and writing at St. John Fisher College. Her work has appeared in The Journal of the History of Ideas andSalamander.

Product details

• Authors: Jill M Kress, Jill M. Kress, Kress Jill M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2014
• EAN: 9780415864985
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86498-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form