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Henry James and the Past

Readings into Time

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction: The Jamesian Balloon

    1. Introduction: The Jamesian Balloon

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 1-13
  3. Consuming the Past: The Backward Glance of Washington Square

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Commodity and Style

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 17-32
    3. Money, History and Writing

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 33-60
  4. Consuming the Present: The Private Spectacles of The Bostonians

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Publicity and Emptiness

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 63-80
    3. Language, Setting and Self

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 81-106
    4. The Personal, the Private and the Public

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 131-144
  5. Romancing the Past: The Europeans and the Design of Desire

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. Sincerity and Performance

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 147-172
    3. The Self’s Representations

      • Ian F. A. Bell
      Pages 173-205
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-270

About this book

An examination of the work of Henry James. Topics covered range from commodity and style in "Washington Square", to the peculiarity of social life in "The Bostonians". Other works by the author include "Ezra Pound: Tactics for Reading" and "Henry James's Fiction as History".

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Keele, UK

    Ian F. A. Bell

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