Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Cambridge University.
Contents
Henry James and the language of sex -- Gender and representation in The wings of the dove -- Sexuality and the aesthetic in The golden bowl -- The eroticism of prohibition : masochism and the law in Roderick Hudson -- Queer plotting : The Bostonians and The Princess Casamassima -- James's late short fiction and the spectacle of modern homosexuality -- Suicide and blackmail : James's "poor sensitive gentlemen" -- Conclusion : "that queer monster the artist."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.