Merle A. Williams

Henry James and the Philosophical Novel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521104074
• ISBN-10: 0521104076
• Artikelnr.: 25686371

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Jamesian thinking and philosophy as story-telling
1. What Maisie Knew: the challenge of vision
2. The Ambassadors: observation and interpretation...passion and compassion
3. The Wings of the Dove: self and society
4. The Spoils of Poynton: experiments in subjectivity and truth
5. The Golden Bowl: the complex of shaping relations
Conclusion: Henry James's version of the philosophical novel
Bibliography
Index.