Henry James's Europe
Heritage and Transfer
Contributor(s)
Tredy, Dennis (editor)
Harding, Adrian (editor)
Duperray, Annick (editor)
Collection
ScholarLedLanguage
EnglishAbstract
As an American author who chose to live in Europe, Henry James frequently wrote about cultural differences between the Old and New World. The plight of bewildered Americans adrift on a sea of European sophistication became a regular theme in his fiction. This collection of twenty-four papers from some of the world’s leading James scholars offers a comprehensive picture of the author’s cross-cultural aesthetics. It provides detailed analyses of James’s perception of Europe—of its people and places, its history and culture, its artists and thinkers, its aesthetics and its ethics—which ultimately lead to a profound reevaluation of his writing.
Keywords
portrait of a lady; european reception of henry james; european society of jamesian studies; the american; henry james; americans in europe; english literature; novel; authorship; the ambassadors; what maisie knew; american literature; France; Honoré de Balzac; ParisDOI
10.11647/OBP.0013ISBN
9781906924362OCN
794698071Publisher
Open Book PublishersPublisher website
https://www.openbookpublishers.com/Publication date and place
2011Classification
Biography: writers
Literary studies: general