Henry James, Impressionism, and the Public

Author:   Daniel Hannah
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138261471


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 November 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Daniel Hannah
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138261471


ISBN 10:   1138261475
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Henry James, Painterly Impressionism, Publicity, and Spectacle; Chapter 2 Jamesian Impressionism and British Aestheticism: Influence and Exposure; Chapter 3 “Taking in”: Impressionability, Children, and Education in What Maisie Knew; Chapter 4 The Future of the Novel”: Impressions and the Extrarepresentational in The Wings of the Dove; Chapter 5 Impressions and the Nation in The American Scene; concl Conclusion;

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Focusing on the tendency in Impressionism to trouble distinctions between the public and the private, Daniel Hannah's sophisticated and compelling book opens up broad new views of much that makes Henry James's writing meaningful and much that has yet to be seen in the problem of Impressionism. --Jesse E. Matz, Kenyon College, USA Hannah effectively knits together two well-established strands of critical enquiry in James' studies that prove mutually supportive. The first considers the author's myriad aesthetic debts and affiliations: to visual culture and portraiture, and to the aestheticist discourses of Pater and Wilde ... The second ... addresses James's complex engagement with late-nineteenth-century contexts and cultures of exposure, documenting his responses to and negotiations of the literary marketplace and reading public. --Review of English Studies Hannah's text is a valuable addition to the body of work on literary impressionism, joining a large and ever-changing body of scholarship on a fascinating subject. --English Literature in Transition An excellent book by Daniel Hannah illustrates how a familiar topic-James and impressionism-can be revitalized by a creative synthesis of close reading and historical research...A number of scholars have explored the contexts of 'Franco-American impressionist painting' and British aestheticism, but this book links cultural history with astute and original close readings, both of relatively neglected texts and those that have incited well-known debates. --Sarah B. Daugherty, American Literary Scholarship


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Daniel Hannah is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Lakehead University, Canada.

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