This book investigates Henry James' conception of civilisation as culture and the relationships of this conception to James' major works. As an American who lived most of his adult life in England, James brought to his fiction the strong moral commitment that characterised a Puritan New England past and an equally strong dedication to the aesthetic culture he found in England and in Europe. Professor Berland analyses the central importance of these commitments, with their complications and contradictions, to the development ...
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This book investigates Henry James' conception of civilisation as culture and the relationships of this conception to James' major works. As an American who lived most of his adult life in England, James brought to his fiction the strong moral commitment that characterised a Puritan New England past and an equally strong dedication to the aesthetic culture he found in England and in Europe. Professor Berland analyses the central importance of these commitments, with their complications and contradictions, to the development of James' work. He argues that they not only provided James with his major themes and characters, but also determined a number of his fictional techniques. Berland draws primarily on the novels, rather than on the author's biography, or on any preconceived intellectual or philosophical system in the author's mind. The novels themselves demonstrate both the positive values which James sought in his pursuit of culture, as well as its dangers of narrow aestheticism, for instance, and of acquisitiveness.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0521233437.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 248 p. Contains: Unspecified.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen, pencil & highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0521233437.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (USA) First Edition No markings, sererval page corners had been folded, Near Fine in VG Dj with small tear to head of spine and with the spine panel faded. Brown bds, 231pp, index. This book investigates James's strong dedication to the aesthetic culture that the writer foud in Egland and in Europe, and demonstrates James's indebtedness to an intellectual tradition that had been developed by such writer as Ruskin and Pater, and in particular by Matthew Arnold. Berland was one-time Dean of Humanities at McMaster Unversity. (1.5 JM HOQ 100/2.
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Reader copy. Hardback with dust jacket in protective plastic, ex-library(officially withdrawn) with usual library stamps/markings, dj spine sunned. Published 1981, 231pp, isbn0521233437. Reasdy for immediate despatch from UK. 48E*
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