A Companion to Henry James (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

Written by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collection of essays provides the most up-to-date scholarship on JamesвЂTMs writings available today. Provides an essential, up-to-date reference to the work and scholarship of Henry James Features the writing of a wide range of James scholars Places JamesвЂTMs writings within national contexts—American, English, French, and Italian Offers both an overview of contemporary James scholarship and a cutting edge resource for studying important individual topics Written By Some Of The Best Known And Distinguished Henry James Scholars, This Innovative Text Provides Up-to-date Scholarship On James's Writings. Read Together, The Chapters Of This Companion Map The Direction Of Contemporary James Studies. Taken Separately, Each One Offers A Concise, Contemporary Reference To The Most Extensively Studied Writings And Critiques In The Field.--jacket. Bad Years In The Matrimonial Market : James's Shorter Fiction, 1865-1878 / Clair Hughes -- What Daisy Knew : Reading Against Type In Daisy Miller : A Study / Sarah Wadsworth -- Growing Up Absurd : The Search For Self In Henry James's The American / Wendy Graham -- Vital Illusions In The Portrait Of A Lady / Peter Rawlings -- The Bostonians And The Crisis Of Vocation / Sarah Daugherty -- The Abysses Of Silence In The Turn Of The Screw / Kimberly C. Reed -- On Maisie's Knowing Her Own Mind / Robert B. Pippin -- What Woman Was Ever Safe? : Dangerous Constructions Of Womanhood In The Ambassadors / Anna Despotopoulou -- Unwrapping The Ghost : The Design Behind Henry James's The Wings Of The Dove / Evelyne Ender -- Truth, Knowledge, And Magic In The Golden Bowl / Sigi Jöttkandt -- Henry James And The (un)canny American Scene / Gert Buelens -- Revisitings And Revisions In The New York Edition Of The Novels And Tales Of Henry James / Philip Horne -- What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Love : Henry James's Last Words / Michael Anesko -- Henry James, Cultural Critic / Pierre A. Walker -- Timeliness And Henry James's Letters / Greg W. Zacharias -- A Brief Biography Of Henry James / Jennifer Eimers -- Jamesian Matter / Bill Brown -- Henry James And The Sexuality Of Literature : Before And Beyond Queer Theory / Natasha Hurley -- Exuberance And The Spaces Of Inept Instruction : Robert Baden-powell's Scouting For Boys And Henry James's The Art Of The Novel / Denis Flannery -- Nothing Personal : Women Characters, Gender Ideology, And Literary Representation / Donatella Izzo -- The Others : Henry James's Family / Linda Simon -- Beyond The Rim : Camp Henry James / Jonathan Warren -- Henry James And The United States / John Carlos Rowe -- Henry James And Britain / Nicola Bradbury -- Henry James In France / Julie Wolkenstein -- Henry James And Italy / Rosella Mamoli Zorzi -- Henry James In The Public Sphere / Richard Salmon -- James And Film / Susan M. Griffin. Edited By Greg W. Zacharias. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Written by some of the best-known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides the most up-to-date scholarship on his writings available today. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies.