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Henry James, Impressionism, and the Public, Hardcover by Hannah, Daniel, ISBN 1409429539, ISBN-13 9781409429531, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Proposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's impressionism and his handling of 'the public.' In readings of 'The Art of Fiction,' What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove and The American Scene, among other works, Hannah shows James continually returning to the impression as a site for exploiting, resisting and re-imagining a perceived breakdown between the private and the public.

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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-101409429539

ISBN-139781409429531

eBay Product ID (ePID)159861643

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

Publication NameHenry James, Impressionism, and the Public

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComparative Literature, General, American / General

Publication Year2013

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorDaniel Hannah

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2012-045925

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813.4

SynopsisProposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's impressionism and his handling of 'the public.' Hannah challenges solely phenomenological or pictorial accounts of literary impressionism, instead foregrounding James's treatment of the word 'impression' as a mediatory unit that both resists and accommodates invasive publicity. Thus even as he envisages a breakdown between public and private at the end of the nineteenth century, James registers that breakdown not only as a threat but also as an opportunity for aesthetic gain. Beginning with a reading of 'The Art of Fiction' as both a public-forming essay and an aesthetic manifesto, Hannah's study examines James's responses to painterly impressionism and to aestheticism, and offers original readings of What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, and The American Scene that treat James's articulation of impressionism in relation to the child, the future of the novel, and shifts in the American national imaginary. Hannah's study persuasively argues that throughout his career James returns to impressionability not only as a site of immense vulnerability in an age of rapid change but also as a crucible for reshaping, challenging, and adapting to the public sphere's shifting forms., Proposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's impressionism and his handling of 'the public'. Hannah challenges solely phenomenological or pictorial accounts of literary impressionism, instead foregrounding James's treatment of the word 'impression' as a mediatory unit that both resists and accommodates invasive publicity. Thus even as he envisages a breakdown between public and private at the end of the nineteenth century, James registers that breakdown not only as a threat but also as an opportunity for aesthetic gain. Beginning with a reading of The Art of Fiction as both a public-forming essay and an aesthetic manifesto, Hannah's study examines James's responses to painterly impressionism, to aestheticism, and offers original readings of What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove, and The American Scene that treat James's articulation of impressionism in relation to the child, the future of the novel, and shifts in the American national imaginary. Hannah's study persuasively argues that throughout his career James returns to impressionability not only as a site of immense vulnerability in an age of rapid change but also as a crucible for re-shaping, challenging, and adapting to the public sphere's shifting forms., Proposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's impressionism and his handling of 'the public'. In readings of The Art of Fiction, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove and The American Scene, among other works, Hannah shows James continually returning to the impression as a site for exploiting, resisting and re-imagining a perceived breakdown between the private and the public.

LC Classification NumberPS2124