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Henry James, Women and Realism by Victoria Coulson (2007, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521879817

ISBN-139780521879811

eBay Product ID (ePID)60750506

Product Key Features

Number of Pages252 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHenry James, Women and Realism

SubjectWomen, Women Authors, Subjects & Themes / Women, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorVictoria Coulson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-271788

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813.4

Table Of ContentIntroduction: ambivalent realism; 1. Alice James and the portrait heroine; 2. The actress and the orphan: Henry James's art of loss, 1882-95; 3. Teacups and love letters: Constance Fenimore Woolson and Henry James; 4. Realism and interior design: Edith Wharton and Henry James; Epilogue: 1892; Bibliography.

SynopsisCombining biography with literary criticism and theoretical inquiry, Victoria Coulson explores James's intellectual relationships with Constance Fenimore Woolson, Edith Wharton, and his sister Alice James. The personal lives and literary works of these four writers manifest a widespread cultural ambivalence about gender identity at the end of the nineteenth century., Women were hugely important to Henry James, both in his vividly drawn female characters and in his relationships with female relatives and friends. Combining biography with literary criticism and theoretical inquiry, Victoria Coulson explores James's relationships with three of the most important women in his life: his friends, the novelists Constance Fenimore Woolson and Edith Wharton, and his sister Alice James, who composed a significant diary in the last years of her life. These writers shared not only their attitudes to gender and sexuality, but also their affinity for a certain form of literary representation, which Coulson defines as 'ambivalent realism'. The book draws on a diverse range of sources from fiction, autobiography, theatre reviews, travel writing, private journals, and correspondence. Coulson argues, compellingly, that the personal lives and literary works of these four writers manifest a widespread cultural ambivalence about gender identity at the end of the nineteenth century.

LC Classification NumberPS2124