Performing the everyday in Henry James's late novels /

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Author / Creator:	Wakana, Maya Higashi.
Imprint:	Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	James, Henry, -- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation. James, Henry, -- 1843-1916. -- Ambassadors. James, Henry, -- 1843-1916. -- Wings of the dove. James, Henry, -- 1843-1916. -- Golden bowl. James, Henry, -- 1843-1916. Ambassadors (James, Henry) Golden bowl (James, Henry) Wings of the dove (James, Henry) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281690

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ISBN:	9780754697275 0754697274 9780754667445 0754667448
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Focusing on James's last three completed novels - The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove, and The Golden Bowl - Maya Higashi Wakana shows how a microsociological approach to James's novels radically revises the widespread tradition of putting James's characters into historical and cultural contexts. Persuasively argued, and rich in original close readings, her book discloses the richness and complexity of the interpersonal connections depicted in James's late novels.
Other form:	Print version: Wakana, Maya Higashi. Performing the everyday in Henry James's late novels. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009 9780754667445
Standard no.:	9786612344527

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Performing the Everyday, Face to Face, in Henry James; 1 Wanting to Want to Be Straight and Right: Strether's Liberation in The Ambassadors; 2 The Stigmatized and the Normals: Milly, Densher, and Kate's Survival in The Wings of the Dove; 3 Intimacy and Sexuality: Challenging the Official Story of Maggie Verver in The Golden Bowl; 4 Teams, Teammates, and Intimacy: The Unofficial Story of Maggie Verver in The Golden Bowl; Conclusion: Civility, Freedom, and Morality in Henry James; Bibliography; Index.

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