Henry James’s Permanent Adolescence

171 Pages·2000·0.62 MB·English

by  John R. Bradley (auth.)

Henry James’s Permanent Adolescence
Also by John R. Bradley and from the same publishers
HENRY JAMES AND HOMO-EROTIC DESIRE (editor)
HENRY JAMES ON STAGE AND SCREEN (editor)
Henry James’s
Permanent Adolescence
John R. Bradley
© John R.Bradley 2000
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Bradley,John R.,1970–
Henry James's permanent adolescence / John R.Bradley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-349-42367-5
1.James,Henry,1843–1916—Knowledge—Psychology.
2.Homosexuality and literature—United States—History.
3.Psychological fiction,American—History and criticism.4.James,
Henry,1843–1916—Characters—Men.5.James,Henry,1843–1916–
–Psychology.6.Adolescence in literature.7.Narcissism in literature.8.
Young men in literature.9.Desire in literature.10.Boys in literature.11.
Sex in literature.I.Title.
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Contents
Textual Note ix
List of Abbreviations xi
1. Critical Hostility 1
2. Defining James’s Homosexuality 13
3. Whitman, Pater and the Importance of Being 31
Manly in James’s Early Fiction
4. John Addington Symonds and ‘The Author of Beltraffio’ 75
5. Public Scandals, Private Dilemmas 91
6. The Uses of Obscurity 125
Notes 141
Bibliography 155
Index 161
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Textual Note
Since this book traces the chronological development of the styl-
istic and structural treatment of a particular theme in James’s
fiction, quotations are from the first published magazine or book
versions rather than from the often heavily revised New York
Edition of the Novels and Tales (1907–9). The exception is The
Ambassadors. The New York Edition of the novel now in print has
the benefit of having the chapters in the correct order, and with
this late novel the question of chronology is less of an issue
anyway: it was published during the same decade in which it was
revised, and the revisions to the sentences (as opposed to the
arrangement of chapters) were not extensive.
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