| Henry James and the Morality of Fiction Contributor(s): Zacharias, Greg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820418838 ISBN-13: 9780820418834 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 813.4 |
| LCCN: 92020650 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 182 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Henry James and the Morality of Fiction" explores what James terms in the criticism, expresses in his letters and "Notebooks," and represents in character relations as the morality of fiction. Based on an analysis of figures of speech which recur throughout James' non-fiction writing at moments when moral issues come sharply into focus, "Henry James and the Morality of Fiction" investigates those figures as elements of characterization in six novels from "Roderick Hudson" to " The Golden Bowl." Each novel is seen as representative of a distinct phase of James' career through the way it expresses his attitudes on the relation of ethical responsibility to the individual and society through character. Overall, the study is both aesthetic and social: its aesthetic component lies in its analysis of James' style; its social component flows from a definition of the ethical perspective expressed by the style. |