Hugh Stevens

Henry James and Sexuality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First application of 'queer theory' to Henry James; provides a radical and original interpretation of all his writings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780521089852
• ISBN-10: 0521089859
• Artikelnr.: 25428164

Inhaltsangabe

1. Henry James and the languages of sex
2. Gender and representation in The Wings of the Dove
3. Sexuality and the aesthetic in The Golden Bowl
4. The Eroticism of prohibition: masochism and the law in Roderick Hudson
5. Queer plotting: The Bostonians and the Princess Casamassima
6. James's late short fiction and the spectacle of modern homosexuality
7. Suicide and blackmail: James's 'poor sensitive gentlemen'
Conclusion: 'that queer monster the artist'
Bibliography.