Henry James in Contemporary Fiction: The Real Thing by Bethany Layne (English) H

Description: Henry James in Contemporary Fiction by Bethany Layne This book explores the extraordinary proliferation of novels based on Henry Jamess life and works published between 2001 and 2016, the centenary of his death. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book explores the extraordinary proliferation of novels based on Henry Jamess life and works published between 2001 and 2016, the centenary of his death. Part One concentrates on biofictions about James by David Lodge and Colm Tóibín, and those written from the perspective of the key female figures in his life. Part Two explores appropriations of The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ambassadors. The book articulates the developments in biographical and adaptive writing that enabled millennial writers to engage so explicitly with James, locates the sources of his appeal, and explores the different forms of engagement taken. Layne analyses how these manifestations of Jamess legacy might function differently for knowing versus unknowing readers, and how they might perform the role of literary criticism. Overarching themes include ideas of queering, the concern with seeking redress, and the frustrated quest for origin, authenticity, or the real thing. Author Biography Dr Bethany Layne is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at De Montfort University, Leicester. She has published widely on biographical fiction, in journals including The Henry James Review, Woolf Studies Annual, and Adaptation. She pioneered the first specialist biofiction module in the UK, and is the editor of a collection of essays on the genre. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. The Year of Henry James: David Lodges Author, Author (2004) and Colm Toibins The Master (2004).- 3. Three Women and His Art (Part One) One): Elizabeth Maguires The Open Door (2008), Emma Tennants Felony (2002) and Lynne Alexanders The Sister (2012).- 4. Three Women and His Art (Part two): Cynthia Ozicks Dictation (2008) and Michiel Heynss The Typewriters Tale (2005).- 5. An ado about Isabel Archer:Colm Tóibíns Brooklyn (2009) and Kirsten Tranters The Legacy (2010).- 6. Written in Faded Ink: A.N. Wilsons A Jealous Ghost (2005) and John Hardings Florence and Giles (2010).- 7. The real thing?: Cynthia Ozicks Foreign Bodies (2010) and Michiel Heynss Invisible Furies (2012).- 8. Conclusion. Feature First book-length consideration of the afterlife of Jamess life and texts in millennial literature One of the first studies of the emergent genre of biofiction in relation to a single subject, and intervenes valuably in adaptation studies by considering literary appropriations rather than remediated texts Contributes to adaptation studies understanding of reader response, while also exploring the potential of appropriations to function as literary criticism by generating new perspectives on their source texts Details ISBN3030316491 Author Bethany Layne Pages 241 Year 2020 ISBN-10 3030316491 ISBN-13 9783030316495 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-03-12 Short Title Henry James in Contemporary Fiction Language English Subtitle The Real Thing DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-31650-1 Edition 1st Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland UK Release Date 2020-03-12 Illustrations XI, 241 p. Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2020 Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alternative 9783030316525 DEWEY 809.93351 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126993264;

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