Henry James and the queerness of style /
Kevin Ohi proposes that to read Henry James, particularly the late texts, is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary life. Ohi asserts that James's queerness is to be found neither in the homoerotic thematics of the texts nor in the suggestions of same-...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2011]
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| Summary: | Kevin Ohi proposes that to read Henry James, particularly the late texts, is to confront the queer potential of style and the traces it leaves on the literary life. Ohi asserts that James's queerness is to be found neither in the homoerotic thematics of the texts nor in the suggestions of same-sex desire in the author's biography, but in his style. |
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| Physical Description: | 228 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816654932 (hc : acid-free paper) 081665493X (hc : acid-free paper) 9780816665112 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0816665117 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |