Merle A. Williams

Henry James and the Philosophical Novel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780521431101
• ISBN-10: 0521431107
• Artikelnr.: 33378677

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.