The Trope of Passage in English Hours
This article suggests that the English Hours travel essays written in the 1870s were the crucible in which James perfected his technique of literary representation. Focusing on progress across space and tropes of liminality, the study highlights the presence, as of 1872, of the scenario of ghostly v...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Clermont Auvergne
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Viatica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1213 |
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| Summary: | This article suggests that the English Hours travel essays written in the 1870s were the crucible in which James perfected his technique of literary representation. Focusing on progress across space and tropes of liminality, the study highlights the presence, as of 1872, of the scenario of ghostly vision which dramatizes the shift from observation to reflection in the author’s fiction. It also shows how the 1877 essays mirror the novelist’s ethical concerns as he was working his way towards a poetical rendering of prosaic urban modernity. |
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| ISSN: | 2275-0827 |