Pigeon Queer Impressions

Henry James' Art of Fiction
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-49012-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Major Literary Authors

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pigeon, Elaine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements iv

Introduction: Engendering Mastery 1

Chapter 1 Emerson's Blind Spot: Romantic Effects in The Portrait of a Lady 24
"It's just like a novel!" 32
Haunting Father Figures 38
Henry James Sr. & Minny Temple 45
Italy & Hawthorne 57
James's Gothic Effects 64
Cousin Ralph's Queer Tutelage 69

Chapter 2 James's "Art of Fiction": A Queer Blend of Aestheticism,
Naturalism & Impressionism 80
The Black Beltraffio 88
Traces of James Sr. 95
Art for Art's Sake 100
The French Connection 104
The French Impressionist Movement 111
James & the Second Impressionist Exhibition 117
Edmond Duranty's La Nouvelle Peinture 120
A Queer Impression 130

Chapter 3 The Legacy of the "Unspeakable" Father in The Wings of the Dove 151
The Unspeakable Lionel Croy 157
"What has he done, if no one can name it?" 169
John Addington Symonds's "Queer" Stance 174
"The Author of Beltraffio" Revisited 187
A Queer Blend of Nature & Nurture 193
Confessing the Self 203
Speaking Out of the Double Bind 209

Conclusion 223
Works Cited 226

Über Autor(innen)

Elaine Pigeon obtained her PhD in English Studies in 2003 at the Université de Montréal where she currently teaches. Last year she lectured on Modernism at Concordia University, Montréal. She has had several chapters published in various books, including tow on James: Narring the Father, Lexington Books, 2000, and Depicting Desire, 2004.