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Literary impressionism, James and Chekhov /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stowell, H. Peter, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1980]
Subjects:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904 > Criticism and interpretation.
Impressionism.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one * Literary impressionism
  • Literary impressionism; the prismatic sensibility
  • The definition
  • Impressionism, Chekhov, and James 00 Painters and writers
  • Part two * Anton Chekhov
  • The emerging impressionist: 1883-1887
  • Introduction: subjective objectivism
  • Experiments, 1883-1887
  • The lost past, 1887
  • Achievement and hesitation: 1888-1897
  • Musical impressionism
  • Transition
  • Chekhov the impressionist: 1809-1904
  • "The Lady with the dog"
  • "The Bishop"
  • "The Betrothed"
  • Impressionist drama
  • Part three * Henry James
  • The emerging impressionist: 1881-1897
  • Introduction
  • The Portrait of a lady
  • What Maisie knew
  • Hesitation and achievement: 1901-1903
  • The sacred fount
  • The ambassadors
  • James the impressionist: 1904, The golden bowl
  • Introduction
  • Sensations and consciousness -Indirect langauge
  • Spatial time
  • Afterword
  • Chekhov and James.