New Essays on The American

The American (1877) was written the very year Henry James committed himself to making his way as an author outside America. It thus formed part of the brief that James had to draw up both for and against his countrymen. This 1987 collection of essays casts light on this and other major aspects of the novel: the French literary influences on James as he gravitated between the genres of the romantic and the realistic novel; the many-layered French political scene that he incorporated into the novel; the complex gender roles of his characters; and the pervasive effect of capitalism upon them.

Table des matières

Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Martha Banta; 2. The turn of The American Peter Brooks; 3. The politics of innocence in Henry James's The American John Carlos Rowe; 4. Gender and Value in The American Carolyn Porter; 5. Physical capital: The American and the realist body Mark Seltzer; Selected bibliography.

Résumé

The American (1877) was written the very year Henry James committed himself to making his way as an author outside America. It thus formed part of the brief that James had to draw up both for and against his countrymen. This 1987 collection of essays casts light on this and other major aspects of the novel.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Martha Banta (Editeur), Banta Martha (Editeur), Emory Elliot (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.06.1987
• EAN: 9780521307307
• ISBN: 978-0-521-30730-7
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 218 mm x 17 mm
• Poids: 350 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in French; The American Novel
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; 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