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Tag: Henry James

167. (Henry James)

The other day, I wrote a post on Henry James that now seems extraordinarily muddled. I didn’t recognize the puzzle … More

Henry James, Nelson Goodman, philosophy, the novel

165. (Henry James)

The post below I now see is muddled. Please see post 167 for a clearer statement. I detect in Nelson … More

American Literature, Henry James, Nelson Goodman, philosophy

40. (Henry James)

Henry James’ critical perception of others didn’t depend on his seeing himself in their words; but he might have been … More

Conan Doyle, Drama, H.G. Wells, Henry James, Kipling, Prose, Realist Novel, Stevenson, Tennyson

37. (Henry James)

His sentences are moved to excess with a wariness of waste. The inheritance of scrupulous, new-world economizing is carried over, … More

George Eliot, Henry James, novels, Prefaces, The Golden Bowl, William Empson, Wordsworth

35. (Henry James)

Propriety and property, position and possession: the late James, James of The Golden Bowl, evolved an entire style to brace these … More

Henry James, Novel, Prose

4. (Henry James)

A friendly debate this afternoon about late Henry James and consciousness: what late Henry James does to, makes of, or … More

Erving Goffman, Fiction, Henry James, Realism, Sociology
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