The Ambiguity of Henry James
Author: Charles Thomas Samuels
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
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The Insecure World of Henry James’s Fiction
Author: Ralf Norrman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1982-07-29
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1349168246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Superficial Reading of Henry James
Author: Thomas J. Otten
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0814210260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Do the surfaces matter? In this provocative book, A Superficial Reading of Henry James: Preoccupations with the Material World, Thomas J. Otten demonstrates that surfaces matter profoundly. Taking seriously the accessories of Henry James's fiction-the china and bric-a-brac, the antique cabinets and tapestries, the ribbons and hats-this book argues that James's famous ambiguity is a material state, an indeterminate zone where the difference between essence and ornament disappears. Ranging between fictions as well-known as The Portrait of a Lady (whose heroine is celebrated for her psychological complexity) and ones as understudied as "Rose-Agathe" (whose heroine is a hairdresser's manikin), Otten suggests that the distinction between what counts as thematic depth and what counts as physical surface is, for James, impossible to maintain. Achieving a superficial reading of Henry James means demonstrating the persistence of the material within the novelist's most conceptual formations of meaning-an argument with important consequences for literary theory, as Otten shows in his concluding chapters. Eloquently written and guided by a perverse love for the superfluous detail, this book makes an important contribution to a fast-growing area of the humanities, one newly committed to the serious study of material culture, the concrete experiences of everyday life, and the history of the physical senses. Book jacket.
The Ghostly Rental
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-04-11
Total Pages: 43
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The Ghostly Rental" is a brilliantly written ghost story with a twist and many allusions. A 22-year-old takes up his studies in Cambridge. One day, he takes a shortcut home, sees a mysterious, gloomy mansion, and thinks this house must be haunted. He meets an older man, Captain Diamond, and discovers his tragic secret. When the older man falls ill, the boy is to visit the haunted house on his behalf of him. Will he meet the ghost there?
Techniques of Ambiguity in the Fiction of Henry James
Author: Ralf Norrman
Publisher:
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9789516482715
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Turn of the Screw
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Modernista
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9180943772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A young woman starts working as a governess at the isolated estate of Bly outside London. There, she is greeted by the two orphaned children she is to take care of, an ambiguous housekeeper, and an icy, supernatural atmosphere. Soon, a couple of peculiar figures begin to appear unannounced, and a creeping horror tightens its grip on both the governess and the reader. The Turn of the Screw is one of the most classic ghost stories of all time, written by the master of the psychological novel, Henry James. Perhaps more than anyone from his time, James came to inspire our modern horror mythologies, from the image of innocence as evil to schizoid labyrinths a la Roman Polanski. HENRY JAMES [1843-1916] was born in New York but emigrated early to Europe. He is one of the most important names in Anglo-Saxon literature, renowned as a great stylist and as a link between the Victorian era and modernism. Among his most famous novels are The American [1877], Portrait of a Lady [1881], and especially The Turn of the Screw [1898].
The Triple Thinkers
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1976-05
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 0374513228
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These essays range over time from the Ben Jonson to Bernard Shaw; included are those on Pushkin, Houseman, Flaubert, and others, among them the famous and controversial interpretation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. In every case, Wilson wrote, his aim was "to present some writer who was not well enough known, or, in the case of a familiar writer, to call attention to some neglected aspect of his work or his career." In brilliantly fulfilling that purpose, Wilson proved--if further proof were needed--that he was one of the most original, perceptive, and important American men of letters. Book jacket.
Rose-Agathe (1878)
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1473366216
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1878 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, ‘A Tragedy of Error’, in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated to London, where he remained for the vast majority of the rest of his life, becoming a British citizen in 1915. From this point on, he was a hugely prolific author, eventually producing twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories and novellas, as well as literary criticism, plays and travelogues. Amongst James's most famous works are The Europeans (1878), Daisy Miller (1878), Washington Square (1880), The Bostonians (1886), and one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, The Turn of the Screw (1898). We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Name Symbolism and Multilayer Ambiguity in Henry James' "Daisy Miller"
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Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2016-07-13
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 3668258813
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Passau, language: English, abstract: Beginning with a summary of Henry James’s novella ‘Daisy Miller: A Study’, written in 1887 when the movement of literary Realism was just about to emerge as a counterforce to the exuberance of Romanticism, I will continue to explain the several layers of ambiguity that can be found in this text. After briefly outlining what are the different layers of ambiguity that can be found here, I will connect his extensive use of polarities to the name symbolism, which not only includes hints as to what will be the characters’ fate or, in the case of Mrs. Costello or Eugenio, might even include an ironic component. I will then pose the question that “torments Winterbourne” (Lode, 19) all throughout the story: Is Daisy’s behavior particularly American, or is it caused by her personal inability to adapt to European standards or simply by her unwillingness? Thus asking if her death was pre-determined because of her typical behavior, of if she died as a martyr of her own belief in personal freedom? As an example of the Realistic components of the text, I will explain James’s use of types before contrasting this with several romantic elements that can be found and explaining why Daisy could have been originally composed as a Romantic character. The last proof of Romantic elements will be the alignment of ‘Daisy Miller’ and the Aristotelian drama, making Daisy the tragic hero of the story and explaining why James so explicitly emphasized her virtuousness in the end by repeating three times that she was “the most innocent” (James, 63). My discussion about the meaning of the subtitle however, again brings up the question to what extent this novella can be unambiguously assigned to either literary period, for “precisely because [of] what is forward- looking in James has been so widely and adequately recognized, the provenance of his work in Romantic literary tradition has been [...] overlooked” (Foger, 1).
The Middle Years
Author: Henry James
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-08-10
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The following pages represent all that Henry James lived to write of a volume of autobiographical reminiscences to which he had given the name of one of his own short stories, The Middle Years. It was designed to follow on Notes of a Son and Brother and to extend to about the same length. The chapters here printed were dictated during the autumn of 1914. They were laid aside for other work toward the end of the year and were not revised by the author. A few quite evident slips have been corrected and the marking of the paragraphs—which he usually deferred till the final revision—has been completed.
