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Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James
Anna Kventsel
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Description for Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James
Hardcover. Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siècle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning.
Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siècle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230008274
SKU
V9780230008274
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99-15
About Anna Kventsel
ANNA KVENTSEL teaches in the English Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Her scholarly interests include British and American literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a special focus on the English Decadence period.
Reviews for Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James
'Trenchantly and clearly written with fluency and sophistication, Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James presents one of the fullest and most expressive accounts of Jamesian identity and consciousness that we have' - Professor Ian Bell, Department of American Studies, University of Keele, UK ' densely textured and richly perceptive.' The Oscholars