Henry James's Europe : heritage and transfer /
"As an American author who chose to live in Europe, Henry James frequently wrote about cultural differences between the Old and New World. The plight of bewildered Americans adrift on a sea of European sophistication became a regular theme in his fiction. This collection of twenty-four papers f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "As an American author who chose to live in Europe, Henry James frequently wrote about cultural differences between the Old and New World. The plight of bewildered Americans adrift on a sea of European sophistication became a regular theme in his fiction. This collection of twenty-four papers from some of the worlds leading James scholars offers a comprehensive picture of the authors cross-cultural aesthetics. It provides detailed analyses of James's perception of Europe -- of its people and places, its history and culture, its artists and thinkers, its aesthetics and its ethics -- which ultimately lead to a profound re-evaluation of his writing"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Directory of Open Access Books: DOAB. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 292 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781906924386 1906924384 |