Acting beautifully : Henry James and the ethical aesthetic /
Jottkandt, Sigi, 1965-
Acting beautifully : Henry James and the ethical aesthetic / Sigi Jottkandt. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xvii, 177 pages) - SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture . - SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-171) and index.
Portrait of an act: representation and ethics in The Portrait of a Lady -- "A poor girl with her rent to pay": The Wings of the Dove -- Lighting a candle to infinity: "The Altar of the Dead."
"What is the matter with the women in Henry James? In The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove, and his short story "The Altar of the Dead," one woman returns to a monster of a husband, another dies rather than confront the truth of her lover's engagement, while yet another stakes her all on having a candle lit for a dead lover, only to promptly reject it. Exploring these strange choices, Sigi Jottkandt argues that the singularity of these acts lies in their ethical nature, and that the ethical principle involved cannot be divorced from the question of aesthetics. She combines close readings of James with suggestive tours through Kantian aesthetics and set theory to uncover the aesthetic underpinning of the Lacanian ethical act, which has been largely overlooked in the current drive to discover a Cartesian origin for the subject as the subject of science."--Jacket.
1423747836 (electronic bk.) 9781423747833 (electronic bk.) 0791465578 (hc) 9780791465578 (hc)
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Aesthetics.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Ethics.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Critique et interprétation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Esthétique.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Morale.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
James, Henry 1843-1916
Andrae, A.
James, Henry.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Conduct of life in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Roman didactique américain--Histoire et critique.
Morale pratique dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Aesthetics.
Conduct of life in literature.
Didactic fiction, American.
Ethics.
Ethics in literature.
Ethik
Ästhetik
Roman
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS2124 / .J87 2005eb
813/.4
Acting beautifully : Henry James and the ethical aesthetic / Sigi Jottkandt. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xvii, 177 pages) - SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture . - SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-171) and index.
Portrait of an act: representation and ethics in The Portrait of a Lady -- "A poor girl with her rent to pay": The Wings of the Dove -- Lighting a candle to infinity: "The Altar of the Dead."
"What is the matter with the women in Henry James? In The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove, and his short story "The Altar of the Dead," one woman returns to a monster of a husband, another dies rather than confront the truth of her lover's engagement, while yet another stakes her all on having a candle lit for a dead lover, only to promptly reject it. Exploring these strange choices, Sigi Jottkandt argues that the singularity of these acts lies in their ethical nature, and that the ethical principle involved cannot be divorced from the question of aesthetics. She combines close readings of James with suggestive tours through Kantian aesthetics and set theory to uncover the aesthetic underpinning of the Lacanian ethical act, which has been largely overlooked in the current drive to discover a Cartesian origin for the subject as the subject of science."--Jacket.
1423747836 (electronic bk.) 9781423747833 (electronic bk.) 0791465578 (hc) 9780791465578 (hc)
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Aesthetics.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Ethics.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Critique et interprétation.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Esthétique.
James, Henry, 1843-1916 --Morale.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
James, Henry 1843-1916
Andrae, A.
James, Henry.
Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Conduct of life in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Roman didactique américain--Histoire et critique.
Morale pratique dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Aesthetics.
Conduct of life in literature.
Didactic fiction, American.
Ethics.
Ethics in literature.
Ethik
Ästhetik
Roman
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS2124 / .J87 2005eb
813/.4