TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Jessica
TI  - Delicate pursuit: discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton 
T2  - Studies in major literary authors
SN  - 9781136067143
AV  - PS2127.D58 L48 2002eb
U1  - 813/.409353 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - James, Henry,
KW  - Wharton, Edith,
KW  - James, Henry.
KW  - Wharton, Edith.
KW  - Discretion in literature
KW  - American fiction
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - French influences
KW  - Adultery in literature
KW  - Realism in literature
KW  - Sex in literature
KW  - Roman américain
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Influence française
KW  - Réalisme dans la littérature
KW  - Sexualité dans la littérature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - American
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Liebesbeziehung
KW  - Motiv
KW  - gnd
KW  - Ehebruch
KW  - Prosa
KW  - swd
KW  - Roman
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index; pt. 1. Censorship/self-censorship in James and Wharton -- pt. 2. French classicism and the discreet imagination -- pt. 3. Displacements of the adultery plot
N2  - Delicate Pursuit explores the way in which Henry James and Edith Wharton treated subject matter that was considered controversial by American publishers at the turn of the century. In their treatment of risque topics, James and Wharton pursued ""discretion"", the key concept of this study, in order to avoid censorship. Discretion marks not only the author's relationship to their subject matter but also the behavior of the characters in the fiction. This study takes into particular account the influence of the French literary tradition on these two authors. At the crossroads of the new fre
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