Writing the self : Henry James and America /
Collister, Peter, 1948-
Writing the self : Henry James and America / by Peter Collister. - London : Pickering and Chatto, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (vii, 259 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Letting yourself go: James arrives in twentieth-century America -- Surrendering to the messages of New York -- Boston and Cambridge: initiations from the past -- Asking 'as few questions as possible' in Arcadian New England -- Hearing the voices of the South -- 'Unwritten history': the romance of James's Civil War stories -- 'Doing something' for the soldiers of the Civil War -- Life-writing for the man of letters -- 'An influence beyond my notation': the self-reflexive figures of 'The jolly corner' -- Opening doors into The sense of the past -- 'A round of visits': effects achieved 'without the aid of the ladies' -- Waking up to 'some pretty big things' in The Ivory tower.
This exciting and original monograph re-evaluates the final decade of Henry Jamess creative life. In 1904-5 the elderly expatriate made an extensive tour of North America. Through close literary analysis of his later writing, Peter Collister recovers Jamess American identity.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781851965519 9781281124975
Uk
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS2124 / .W758 2007
Writing the self : Henry James and America / by Peter Collister. - London : Pickering and Chatto, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (vii, 259 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Letting yourself go: James arrives in twentieth-century America -- Surrendering to the messages of New York -- Boston and Cambridge: initiations from the past -- Asking 'as few questions as possible' in Arcadian New England -- Hearing the voices of the South -- 'Unwritten history': the romance of James's Civil War stories -- 'Doing something' for the soldiers of the Civil War -- Life-writing for the man of letters -- 'An influence beyond my notation': the self-reflexive figures of 'The jolly corner' -- Opening doors into The sense of the past -- 'A round of visits': effects achieved 'without the aid of the ladies' -- Waking up to 'some pretty big things' in The Ivory tower.
This exciting and original monograph re-evaluates the final decade of Henry Jamess creative life. In 1904-5 the elderly expatriate made an extensive tour of North America. Through close literary analysis of his later writing, Peter Collister recovers Jamess American identity.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781851965519 9781281124975
Uk
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS2124 / .W758 2007