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In the palatial chamber of the mind : comparative essays on Henry James
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ISBN: 8886676166 9788886676168 Year: 1997

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Henry James's last romance : making sense of the past and the American scene
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ISBN: 0521563380 Year: 1997 Volume: 110 Publisher: Cambridge New York Melbourne Cambridge University Press

William and Henry James : selected letters
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ISBN: 0813916941 9780813916941 Year: 1997 Publisher: Charlottesville London University Press of Virginia

Enacting history in Henry James : narrative, power, and ethics
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ISBN: 0521570891 0521121450 0511553668 9780521570893 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The Jamesian mode of writing, it has been claimed, actively works against an understanding of the way truth, history and power circulate in his texts. In this collection of essays, leading scholars of James analyse the strategies James used to address these crucial issues. Enacting History in Henry James claims that, because the type of knowledge available in James's fiction is never of a cognitive kind, the reader can never know 'truth' in any verifiable sense. James's writing instead promises an experiential type of knowledge, one that is attained by participating in the power games and moral dramas that unfold within the text. This collection argues that reading James ultimately requires not just an emotional responsiveness, but also an ethical assumption of responsibility for the act of reading. By placing James's work in a fresh theoretical context, this book throws fresh light on this most enigmatic of writers.

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Literature and history --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Power (Social sciences) in literature. --- Reader-response criticism. --- Ethics in literature. --- Fiction --- Littérature et histoire --- Narration --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature --- Esthétique de la réception --- Morale dans la littérature --- Roman --- History. --- History --- Technique. --- Histoire --- Technique --- James, Henry, --- Knowledge --- Power (Social sciences) in literature --- Reader-response criticism --- Ethics in literature --- 820 "18" JAMES, HENRY --- -Literature and history --- -Narration (Rhetoric) --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Literature --- Novelists --- Reader-oriented criticism --- Reception aesthetics --- Criticism --- Reading --- Engelse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899--JAMES, HENRY --- Philosophy --- James, Henry --- -James, Henry --- -Knowledge --- -History --- 820 "18" JAMES, HENRY Engelse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899--JAMES, HENRY --- Littérature et histoire --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature --- Esthétique de la réception --- Morale dans la littérature --- -History. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature and history - United States - History --- Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 20th century --- Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 19th century --- Fiction - Technique --- James, Henry, - 1843-1916 - Knowledge - History --- James, Henry, - 1843-1916 - Technique --- Literatura i història --- Poder (Ciències socials) en la literatura --- Estètica de la recepció --- Ètica en la literatura --- Narració (Retòrica) --- Novel·la --- Tècnica --- Coneixements --- Història --- Ficció (Literatura) --- Narracions --- Novel·la curta (Gènere literari) --- Literatura --- Novel·listes --- Prosa --- Anàlisi del discurs narratiu --- Retòrica --- Recepció (Crítica literària) --- Recepció del lector, Teoria de la --- Teoria de la recepció del lector --- Crítica literària --- Lectura --- James, Henry, - 1843-1916 --- James (henry), 1843-1916 --- Critique et interpretation

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