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Author Taylor, Andrew, 1968-

Title Henry James and the father question / Andrew Taylor.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 234 pages).
Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [129]
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 129.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.
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Summary "The intellectual relationship between Henry James and his father, who was a philosopher and theologian, proved to be an influential resource for the novelist. Andrew Taylor explores how James's writing responds to James Senior's epistemological, thematic and narrative concerns, and relocates these concerns in a more secularised and cosmopolitan cultural milieu. Taylor examines the nature of both men's engagement with autobiographical strategies, issues of gender reform, and the language of religion. He argues for a reading of Henry James that is informed by an awareness of paternal inheritance. Taylor's study reveals the complex and at times antagonistic dialogue between the elder James and his peers, particularly Emerson and Whitman, in the vanguard of mid nineteenth-century American Romanticism. Through close readings of a wide range of novels and texts, he demonstrates how this dialogue anticipates James's own theories of fiction and selfhood."--Jacket.
Subject James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Philosophy.
James, Henry, 1811-1882 -- Influence.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Family.
James, Henry, 1811-1882 -- Family.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1811-1882. (OCoLC)fst00046872
James, Henry, 1843-1916. (OCoLC)fst00028686
James, Henry.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Fathers and sons in literature.
Father figures in literature.
Autobiography in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
Fathers in literature.
Self in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Autobiography in literature. (OCoLC)fst00822620
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Father figures in literature. (OCoLC)fst00921843
Fathers and sons. (OCoLC)fst00921899
Fathers and sons in literature. (OCoLC)fst00921910
Fathers in literature. (OCoLC)fst00921911
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
Philosophy in literature. (OCoLC)fst01060836
Self in literature. (OCoLC)fst01111462
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Vater.
Sohn.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Andrew, 1968- Henry James and the father question. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521807220 (DLC) 2001043250 (OCoLC)47797847
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