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Delicate Pursuit
Discretion in Henry James and Edith Wharton
Studies in Major Literary Authors Series
Author: Levine Jessica
Language: EnglishKeywords
madame; mauves; daisy; miller; wings; dove; edith; wharton; bovary; david; Madame De Vionnet; Madame De Mauves; Young Man; La Chartreuse De Parme; Chopin; Lambert Strether; Daisy Miller; Portrait Of A Man; Ellen Olenska; Dense; Violating; Maria Gostrey; La Princesse De; Newland Archer; Madame Bovary; Sacred Fount; Madame De; Awkward Age; James's Story; Miss Gostrey; Act Iii; Jolly Corner; La Farge; Ethan Frome; Dead Man
Publication date: 09-2013
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 11-2002
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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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 freedom of expression opened up by French realism and the persisting puritanical standards of their American audiences, James and Wharton sough safe ways to address adult sexuality, and the French theme of adulterous love in particular.
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