Henry James, American Social Change, and Literary Revision
This article argues that Henry James's centred concern in The American Scene was to find a way to write about a country in which democracy was effacing individuality, manners and forms. Reading The American Scene alongside James's lecture 'The Question of our Speech', and compari...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Cambridge Quarterly. - Oxford University Press. - 34(2005), 4, Seite 323-331 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2005
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Cambridge Quarterly |
| Schlagworte: | Behavioral sciences Political science Economics Arts Social sciences Applied sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article argues that Henry James's centred concern in The American Scene was to find a way to write about a country in which democracy was effacing individuality, manners and forms. Reading The American Scene alongside James's lecture 'The Question of our Speech', and comparingjames's conception of social change with his theories on literary revision in his Prefaces to the New York edition, the author argues that James reconciled himself to American social change by recognising that the new social and cultural practices that American life fostered were as interesting to a writer as the lost forms and manners. |
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| ISSN: | 14716836 |