Henry James's Europe Heritage and Transfer

• Other Authors: Tredy, Dennis (Editor), Harding, Adrian (Editor), Duperray, Annick (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Open Book Publishers 2011
• Subjects: Biography: literary; Literary studies: general; portrait of a lady; european reception of henry james; european society of jamesian studies; the american; henry james; americans in europe; english literature; novel; authorship; the ambassadors; what maisie knew; american literature; France; Honoré de Balzac; Paris
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As an American author who chose to live in Europe, Henry James frequently wrote about cultural differences between the Old and New World. The plight of bewildered Americans adrift on a sea of European sophistication became a regular theme in his fiction. This collection of twenty-four papers from some of the world's leading James scholars offers a comprehensive picture of the author's cross-cultural aesthetics. It provides detailed analyses of James's perception of Europe-of its people and places, its history and culture, its artists and thinkers, its aesthetics and its ethics-which ultimately lead to a profound reevaluation of his writing.