Henry James's Feminist Afterlives Annie Fields, Emily Dickinson, Marguerite Duras /

This book explores Henry James's negotiations with nineteenth-century ideas about gender, sexuality, class, and literary style through the responses of three women who have never before been substantively examined in light of their relationships to his work. Writing in different times and place...

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Main Author: Wichelns, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Subjects:
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
British literature.
Literature-Philosophy.
ISBN:9783319718002
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction: On James, Mastery and Transgresion
  • 2 "Those Who Know": Henry James and Annie Adams Fields
  • 3 Emily Dickinson's Henry James
  • 4 Henry James, French Feminist: Marguerite Duras's La Bête dans la jungle
  • 5 Gender, Colonialism, and Italian Difference: Duras and The Aspern Papers
  • 6 Conclusion: Towards a Queer Feminist James. .

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