| Thinking in Henry James Contributor(s): Cameron, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226092313 ISBN-13: 9780226092317 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1991 Annotation: "Thinking in Henry James" identifies what is genuinely strange and radical about James's concept of consciousness--first, the idea that it may not always be situated within this or that person but rather exists outside or "between," in some transpersonal place; and second, the idea that consciousness may have power over things and people outside the person who thinks. Examining these and other counterintuitive representations of consciousness, Cameron asks, "How do we make sense of these conceptions of thinking?" |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.53" W x 8.44" (0.59 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Thinking in Henry James identifies what is genuinely strange and radical about James's concept of consciousness--first, the idea that it may not always be situated within this or that person but rather exists outside or between, in some transpersonal place; and second, the idea that consciousness may have power over things and people outside the person who thinks. Examining these and other counterintuitive representations of consciousness, Cameron asks, How do we make sense of these conceptions of thinking? |
Contributor Bio(s): Cameron, Sharon: - Sharon Cameron is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emerita of English at Johns Hopkins University. |