Título: The Other Henry James
Autor: Henry James
Sinopse: In The Other Henry James, John Carlos Rowe offers a new vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can now be read as rich with homoerotic suggestiveness. Drawing from recent work in queer and feminist theory, Rowe argues that the most fruitful approach to James today is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master in favor of the writer as a vulnerable critic of his own confused and repressive historical moment. Rowe traces a particular development in James's work, showing how in his early writings James criticized women's rights, same-sex relations, and other social and political trends now identified with modern culture; how he ambivalently explored these aspects of modernity in his writings of the 1880s; and, later, how he increasingly identified with such modernity in his heretofore largely ignored or marginally treated fiction of the 1890s. Building on recent scholarship that has shown James to be more anxious about gender roles, more conflicted, and more marginal a figure than previously thought, Rowe argues that James--through his treatment of women, children, and gays--indicts the values and conventions of the bourgeoisie. He shows how James confronts social changes in gender roles, sexual preferences, national affiliations, and racial and ethnic identifications in such important novels as The American, The Tragic Muse, What Maisie Knew, and In the Cage, and in such neglected short fiction as "The Last of the Valerii," "The Death of the Lion," and "The Middle Years." Positioning James's work within an interpretive context that pits the social and political anxieties of his day against the imperatives of an aesthetic ideology, The Other Henry James will engage scholars, students, and teachers of American literature and culture, gay literature, and queer theory.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Other Henry James”, de Henry James, publicado pela editora Duke University Press, em 1998 e com 238 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Duke University Press
Páginas: 238
Ano: 1998
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0822321475
ISBN13: 9780822321477
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Duke University Press apresentam uma leitura densa e crítica, frequentemente ancorada em análises históricas, sociais e políticas. As obras exploram temas como raça, gênero, sexualidade, colonialismo e movimentos sociais, com narrativas que combinam rigor acadêmico e abordagens inovadoras. O catálogo oferece desde estudos que problematizam mitos sociais até relatos pessoais que ampliam a compreensão da experiência política e cultural. O tom varia entre o ensaístico e o narrativo, com textos que convidam a reflexões profundas sobre estruturas de poder e identidades. Essa diversidade sugere um interesse em obras que dialogam com debates contemporâneos e históricos, muitas vezes com um viés crítico e interdisciplinar.
