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POLARITIES OF AGE IN THE FICTION OF HENRY JAMES

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1979
Summary:
Henry James's concern with "age," both as concept and in regard to character, involves variable temporal factors such as simple chronological age as opposed to, for instance, psychological age. The particular manifestations of age can be categorized ucder the headings of ambiguity, transformation and paradox. These techniques arise throughout James's fiction as a result of underlying polarity. Polarity, which is characterized by interpenetrated possibilities, can be linked to William James's pragmatism, thereby elucidating Henry's tendency toward pragmatistic thought. Works chosen to represent ambiguities of age are The Awkward Age, "The Middle Years," and "The Jolly Corner"; transformation, "The Last of the Valerii," "The Aspern Papers," The Golden Bowl , and The Ambassadors; paradox, "Daisy Miller, "The Pupil," The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl.
Title: POLARITIES OF AGE IN THE FICTION OF HENRY JAMES.
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Name(s): HENDRICKS, VICKI DUE.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Pearce, Howard D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 76 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Henry James's concern with "age," both as concept and in regard to character, involves variable temporal factors such as simple chronological age as opposed to, for instance, psychological age. The particular manifestations of age can be categorized ucder the headings of ambiguity, transformation and paradox. These techniques arise throughout James's fiction as a result of underlying polarity. Polarity, which is characterized by interpenetrated possibilities, can be linked to William James's pragmatism, thereby elucidating Henry's tendency toward pragmatistic thought. Works chosen to represent ambiguities of age are The Awkward Age, "The Middle Years," and "The Jolly Corner"; transformation, "The Last of the Valerii," "The Aspern Papers," The Golden Bowl , and The Ambassadors; paradox, "Daisy Miller, "The Pupil," The Ambassadors, and The Golden Bowl.
Identifier: 14002 (digitool), FADT14002 (IID), fau:10824 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.
Subject(s): James, Henry,--1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation
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