Delicate pursuit : discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton / Jessica Levine.

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Levine, Jessica, 1956-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in major literary authors ; v. 13.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781136067143
1136067140
9780203616963
0203616960
9780203616963

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Delicate pursuit.DDC classification:

813/.409353 22

LOC classification:

PS2127.D58 L48 2002eb

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Contents:

pt. 1. Censorship/self-censorship in James and Wharton -- pt. 2. French classicism and the discreet imagination -- pt. 3. Displacements of the adultery plot.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.

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pt. 1. Censorship/self-censorship in James and Wharton -- pt. 2. French classicism and the discreet imagination -- pt. 3. Displacements of the adultery plot.

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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