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Henry James's Europe: Heritage and Transfer

Duperray Annick
  • Fonction : Directeur scientifique
Harding Adrian
  • Fonction : Directeur scientifique

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Henry James, as an American author who chose to live in Europe, seems to embody his own famed ‘International Theme’—that is, his frequent focus, within his fiction, on cultural differences between the Old and New World and on the plight of “bewildered” Americans adrift on a sea of European sophistication. Of course, James’s own trans-Atlantic connections and his perception of Europe’s cultural and literary heritage are a far more complex matter—one that must necessarily take into account myriad aspects of the author’s intellectual games involving transfer, appropriation and a good deal of re-appropriation. It also requires analysis of James’s perception of Europe—of its people and places, its history and culture, its artists and thinkers, its aesthetics and its ethics—all of which lead inevitably to a reevaluation of his own status and identity. This collection of twenty-four papers thus offers a more detailed picture of James’s cross-cultural aesthetics, thanks to in-depth analysis of his works of fiction, his autobiographical and personal writings, and his critical works. Bringing together leading Jamesian scholars from around the world, the collection is a major contribution to current thinking about Henry James, transtextuality and cultural appropriation.
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halshs-01426426, version 1 (04-01-2017)

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Dennis Tredy, Duperray Annick, Harding Adrian (Dir.). Henry James's Europe: Heritage and Transfer. Cambridge Open Book Publishers, 2011, Dennis Tredy, 978-1-906924-37-9. ⟨halshs-01426426⟩
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