Seeing and Believing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. The Language of Uncertainty

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 1-24

3. The Creed of Hesitation: Guy Domville and The Turn of the Screw

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 25-51

4. The Unapproachable Face: Difference in The Sacred Fount

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 53-77

5. The Vain Appearance: Vision and The Ambassadors

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 79-105

6. The Sacred Hush: Death, Elegy, and The Wings of the Dove

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 107-136

7. The Poetry of the Soul in Action: Metaphor and Consciousness in The Golden Bowl

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 137-164

8. Endless Connections

   • Hazel Hutchison

   Pages 165-175

9. Back Matter

   Pages 177-203

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This study looks at Henry James's response to the collapse of religious belief in the nineteenth century in his late novels and shorter works. Hutchison's work argues that James's fascination with perception and consciousness should be read in the context of his desire to dramatize a level of human experience beyond the material.

• America
• Henry James
• novel

"Hutchison places Henry James in the context of the religious conflicts and theological debates that surrounded Darwin and the intellectual awakening in nineteenth century England. This is a long-overdue look at James in these terms." Marilyn Gaull, New York University

HAZEL HUTCHISON is Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

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