Introduction Gert Buelens; 1. Power relations in the novels of James: the
'liberal' and the 'radical' version Winfried Fluck; 2. Multiple germs,
metaphorical systems, and moral fluctuation in The Ambassadors Richard A.
Hocks; 3. James and the ethics of control: aspiring architects and their
floating creatures Sarah B. Daugherty; 4. James and the shadow of the Roman
Empire: manners and the consenting victim Adrian Poole; 5. What Maisie
Knew: Henry James's Bildungsroman of the artist as queer moralist Alfred
Habegger; 6. The double narrative of 'The Beast in the Jungle': ethical
plot, ironical plot and the play of power Michiel W. Heyns; 7.
Homoeroticism, identity and agency in James's late tales Hugh Stevens; 8.'A
Provision Full of Responsibilities': Senses of the past in Henry James's
fourth phase David McWhirter; 9. Possessing the American scene: race and
vulgarity, seduction and judgment Gert Buelens; 10. History, narrative, and
responsibility: speech acts in 'The Aspern Papers' J. Hillis Miller; Index.
