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Enacting History in Henry James

Enacting History in Henry James Narrative, Power, and Ethics

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Jamesian mode of writing, it has been claimed, actively works against an understanding of the way truth, history and power circulate in his texts. In this collection of essays, leading scholars of James analyse the strategies James used to address these crucial issues. Enacting History in Henry James claims that, because the type of knowledge available in James's fiction is never of a cognitive kind, the reader can never know 'truth' in any verifiable sense. James's writing instead promises an experiential type of knowledge, one that is attained by participating in the power games and moral dramas that unfold within the text. This collection argues that reading James ultimately requires not just an emotional responsiveness, but also an ethical assumption of responsibility for the act of reading. By placing James's work in a fresh theoretical context, this book throws fresh light on this most enigmatic of writers.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521570893
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.4
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 215
Weight: 450g
Height: 236mm
Width: 161mm
Spine width: 18mm