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Henry James and the Ghostly
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Henry James and the Ghostly
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) T. J. Lustig
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:332 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521131599
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.4 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
3 February 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Ghosts - dead and yet alive, absent and yet present - are able to cross the borders of experience; in literature their evocation has been enduringly important. In Henry James and the Ghostly Dr Lustig explores the ghost stories that James produced throughout his career and relates them to the great dynamic forces which may well represent James's most original contribution to literature. The centrepiece of the book is a detailed analysis of James's classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw, set in the context of work by earlier Victorian writers, and developments in James's own treatment of the ghostly. Dr Lustig evaluates the ghostly charge attached to the many scenes in James's novels and tales which turn on thresholds, perspectives, windows and doors, and the many moments when James's characters seem almost to encounter the margins of the texts which enclose them.
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