Henry James's permanent adolescence [Elektronisk resurs] / John Bradley.

• Textual Note List of Abbreviations Critical Hostility Defining James's Homosexuality Whitman, Pater and the Importance of Being Manly in the Early Fiction John Addington Symonds and 'The Author of Beltraffio' Public Scandals, Private Dilemmas The Uses of Obscurity Bibliography Index.

• This book explores the way Henry James's writing career was influenced by social upheavals in Victorian England, particularly in relation to sexuality and gender. -- This book explores the way Henry James's writing career was influenced by social upheavals in Victorian England, particularly in relation to sexuality and gender. 
• 'Henry James's Permanent Adolescence is an important addition to the critical reconsideration of Henry James's fictional representations of gender and sexuality. John R. Bradley's notion of 'permanent adolescence' helps us understand James's relationship to his art in the wider context of late-Victorian aestheticism and Decadence, with a particular focus on Walter Pater, John Addington Symonds and Oscar Wilde. Carefully interpreting representative works from each major period is James's career, Bradley offers us a new perspective on how James's art developed in conjunction with his changing views on sexuality'. - Professor John Carlos Rowe, University of California, Irvine 'Bradley writes with admirable lucidity and a companionable briskness...his book...(is) a judicious and, at times, illuminating study of James as a 'gay' artist.' - James Friel, Liverpool John Moores University 'Henry James's Permanent Adolescence is a valuable and well-written contribution to the on-going debate on James's fiction.' - English Language Teaching. 

Ämnesord

Adolescence in literature.  (LCSH)

Narcissism in literature.  (LCSH)

Young men in literature.  (LCSH)

Desire in literature.  (LCSH)

Boys in literature.  (LCSH)

Sex in literature.  (LCSH)

Homosexuality and literature  -- History -- United States. (LCSH)

Psychological fiction, American  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Literature.  (eflch)

Personnamn

James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.

James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Characters -- Men.

James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Psychology.

Klassifikation

LIT (ämneskategori)

813.4 (DDC)