Theory of Fiction: Henry James

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Henry James, James Edwin Miller
U of Nebraska Press, 1.1.1972 - 366 sivua

Comprised of more than 250 selections from Henry James's stories about writers, his critical and speculative essays, his Notebooks, Prefaces, and letters, this collection brings together for the first time, in a single, systematic volume, all the important passages in James's work which have implications for or ideas about his theory of fiction. The result is the most comprehensive, exhaustive, and innovative volume of fictional theory ever published; in many ways it is the consummation of James's contribution to letters.

In a masterful introductory essay, James E. Miller Jr., presents James's theory of fiction in outline; he also contributes brief introductions to each of the seventeen chapters, summarizing the major points. Abundant guides direct the reader to subjects and sources.

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A THEORY OF FICTION IN OUTLINE
1
THE ART OF FICTION
27
THE WRITER AND HIS CULTURE
45
tion 1880 50 an American must deal with Europe 1881 51
51
the life of his time reflected in his novels 1883 52 a big AngloSaxon
58
impressions never lost 1881 62 to catch and keep something of life
65
the faint vague germ 1901 68 place so the impressions worked
70
THE WRITER AND HIS IMAGINATION
76
the art of figuring synthetically 1908 192 dialogue 19
194
strong female characters
202
characters 1879 204 evolved from
205
fingering puppets to death 1865 209 characters
216
the victim must
226
the penetrating imagination 1908 232 the platitudes
233
the scenic condition 1908 242 a lapse from artistic integrity
247
FORM AND STRUCTURE
257

the great stew pot or crucible of the imagination 1911 77 imagination
84
expression makes the reality 1902 89 literary deeds vs social deeds
91
to represent life 1883 93 a picture of life vs a moralised fable 1885
94
detached incident vs impression
102
THE WHOLE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
115
the stragglers on lifes march 1874 123 the commoner stuff of human
124
130 a question of taste 1880 134 half
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137
life is a sealed book 1880
150
diffusiveness vs concentration 1873 152 life without art vs art without
158
he hates a story 1886 160 the question of what constitutes a story
165
the process of art 1909 170 the execution
172
the autobiographical form of composition 1865 174 situations speak
178
the scenic method 1896 180 dramatic form vs going behind 1908
185
form economy 1908 262 fusion of form and substance 1908 264
264
The Unnatural Style
270
masculine firmness quiet force 1888 277
277
the push into language for the embrace of thought 1893 279 the insep
285
MORALITY AND PHILOSOPHY MEANING AND THEME
291
the cure of souls 1865 293 lift up the readers heart 1866 294
303
two perfectly different things 1884 308 Flaubert
310
READERS AND CRITICS
318
crimination 1908 322 attention of perusal 1909 323 reading aloud
325
least doctrinal of critics 1872 326 the motions of criticism
333
BIBLIOGRAPHY
345
INDEX OF AUTHORS AND WORKS
353
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James E. Miller Jr., a professor of English at the University of Chicago, has written or edited fifteen books. He has served as editor of College English (1960-66) and as president of the National Council of Teachers of English (1969-70), and is a member of the PMLA editorial board.

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OtsikkoTheory of Fiction: Henry James
Nide 542 / A Bison Book
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ToimittajatHenry James, James Edwin Miller
KustantajaU of Nebraska Press, 1972
ISBN0803257473, 9780803257474
Pituus366 sivua
  
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