Questioning the Master: Gender and Sexuality in Henry James's WritingsPeggy McCormack "This is the first collection to bring together previously unpublished essays exploring James's depictions of gender and his use of sexual imagery that is balanced, objective, and critically diverse. Nine articles examine James's fiction, films made from his works, his own literary criticism, letters, and travel writing. These essays represent a range of theoretical perspectives - cultural studies, feminist and gender studies, queer theory, Lacanian and deconstructive psychoanalytic studies, and historicism." "This volume will be a valuable resource for readers in the fields of James, American literature, the novel, and gender studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
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Gender Transnationality and Jamess Cinematic Adaptations | 37 |
Henry James and The Siege of London | 54 |
The Functions of Women in the Art Tales of Henry James | 68 |
In the Cage | 86 |
Gender and Vocation in The Tragic Muse | 104 |
Ritual Sexorcism in The Turn of the Screw | 133 |
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