Novels and Stories: What Maisie knew. In the cage. The pupil
Author : Henry James
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Henry James
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Henry James
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Page : 550 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 1922
Category : American fiction
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Author : Henry James
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 1971
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Author : Henry James
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Manners and customs
ISBN : 9784894390874
Author : Henry James
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Manners and customs
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Author : Henry James
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2008-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0191623105
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. In this classic tale of the death of childhood, there is a savage comedy that owes much to Dickens. But for his portrayal of the child's capacity for intelligent `wonder', James summons all the subtlety he devotes elsewhere to his most celebrated adult protagonists. Neglected and exploited by everyone around her, Maisie inspires James to dwell with extraordinary acuteness on the things that may pass between adult and child. In addition to a new introduction, this edition of the novel offers particularly detailed notes, bibliography, and a list of variant readings. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Henry James
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Page : 510 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 1922
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Author : Henry James
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Page : 614 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Henry James
Publisher : Interactive Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,83 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Fiction
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One of James's most underrated but excellent later works.
Author : Asako Nakai
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Books in literature
ISBN : 9789042013643
This book is about books that recount the story of encountering another book. There are various versions of the story told and retold from the heyday of imperialism up to the present day (Homi Bhabha calls it the trope of 'the discovery of the English book'); by considering each of these versions carefully, we may also give an alternative account of twentieth-century 'English literature' as the site of an intercultural discourse. This project is very much inspired by debate on postcolonial theory, namely, the debate between Said and Bhabha. Part I is devoted to the discussion of Conrad, especially of Heart of Darkness, and investigates how the novella has continually been reproduced to the extent that it represents 'the English Book' of colonial/postcolonial literatures. The chapter on Hugh Clifford (Ch.3) is virtually the first intensive critique of his novels, such as Saleh (1908), with a particular focus on their intertextual relations with Conrad's texts. Part II examines how the story of the English Book is repeated and revised in the texts of the following authors: Joyce Cary, Isak Dinesen, V. S. Naipaul, Kaiko Takeshi, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.