UID:
almahu_9947414309302882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511624513 (ebook)
Series Statement:
The American novel
Content:
The Portrait of a Lady is arguably Henry James's most appealing and accessible novel. The introduction to this volume of specially written essays, first published in 1990, situates the novel in its cultural and historical context: its treatment of a modern woman 'affronting' her destiny, its relation to the contemporary controversy over 'morality' in fiction, its use of an Italian setting, and its late nineteenth century elegiac mood. It also discusses James's revisions of the novel and his late Preface. The essays that follow deal with the place of Portrait in the tradition of modern narrative, its relation to popular women's fiction on the question of marriage, the influence of James's 'family romance' and his brother William, and the character of Isabel Archer seen from a psychoanalytic point of view.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction / Joel Porte -- The portrait of a lady and modern narrative / Donatella Izzo -- The fatherless heroine and the filial son / Alfred Habegger -- The portrait of a lack / William Veeder -- Frail vessels and vast designs : a psychoanalytic portrait of Isabel Archer / Beth Sharon Ash.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521345088
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511624513
URL:
Volltext
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