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Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His status as a permanent outsider is responsible for the recurring themes in his writing dealing with European sophistication (decadence) compared to American lack of sophistication (or innocence). He is respected in modern times for his psychological insight, for being able to reveal his characters' deepest motivations.
These 11 essays, along with an introduction and an afterword, examine James's work through the prism of the author's latest style. Topics the contributing authors address include the Henry James revival of the 1930s, three of James's male aesthetics, women in his works, literary forgery, and parallels with the career and views of Margaret Oliphant. Three essays delve into issues of representation in art and fiction, then three more explore decadence, identity and homosexuality.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
DANIEL T. O'HARA
I. Critical Contexts
The Henry James Revival of the 1930s
DAVID GARRETT IZZO
II. Selective Overviews: Men and Women
Three Aesthetes in Profile: Gilbert Osmond, Mark Ambient, and Gabriel Nash
MAURIZIO ASCARI
Killing Mothers: Decadent Women in James's Literary Tales
DONATELLA IZZO
III. Contemporaneous Connections
"The Master in the Middle Distance": Max Beerbohm, Henry James and Literary Forgery
MAURIZIO ASCARI
"At All Times Conspicuous as Art": Henry James, Margaret Oliphant, and Resistance to Decadence
SOLVEIG C. ROBINSON
IV. Issues of Representation: Art and Fiction
The Face of Decadence in The Sacred Fount
SHEILA TEAHAN
Figuring the Princess: The Princess Casamassima and Pater's Mona Lisa
ANDREA CABUS-COLDWELL
On Not Representing Milly Theale: Sacrificing for Art in The Wings of the Dove
MARK CONROY
"The Figure in the Carpet" as an Allegory of Reading
VITTORIA INTONTI
V. Decadence, Identity, and Homosexuality
On the Ladder of Social Observation: Images of Decadence and Morality in James's Washington Square and Wilde's
An Ideal Husband
JAMES FISHER
The Importance of Being Henry James: What the Master Learned from Oscar Wilde
ROBERT COMBS
Papa, Postcards, Perfume, Phallic Keys: James, Symonds, and Late-Victorian Fictions of Homosexuality
STEPHEN DA SILVA
A Pair of Afterwords
DAVID GARRETT IZZO
About the Contributors
Index
